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CONSTITUTION 



SUBORDINATE PARLORS 



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CONSTITUTION AND LAWS 



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CONSTITUTION 



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The Society of the Native Sons of the Golden 
West was organized for the mutual benefit, 
mental improvement and social intercourse of 
its members; to perpetuate in the minds of all 
native Californians the memories of one of the 
most wonderful epochs in the world's history — 
"the days of '49" — to unite them in onei har- 
monious body throughout the State by the 
ties of a friendship mutually beneficial to all, 
and unalloyed by the bitterness of religious or 
political differences, the discussion of which is 
most stringently forbidden in its meetings; to 
elevate and cultivate the mental faculties; to 
rejoice with one another in prospertity, and to 
extend the "Good Samaritan" hand in ad- 
versity. 

The members must bear a good reputation for 
sobriety and industry; they must follow some 
respectable calling by which to make a living, 
and, as a vital principle of the Association, it 
encourages temperance among its members, and 
recommends total abstinence from all intoxicat- 
ing drinks. 



Articles of Incorporation 



STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 
Department of State, 

Sacramento, June 8th, 1880. 

I, D. M. Burns, Secretary of the State of Cali- 
fornia, do hereby certify that a copy of Arti- 
cles of Incorporation, duly certified by the 
County Clerk of San Francisco County, was 
filed in this office on the 8th day of June, A. D. 
1880, containing the following Statement of 
Facts: 

1. That the name of the corporation is the 
Grand Parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden 
West. 

2. That the purposes for which it is formed 
are social intercourse, mental improvement 
and mutual benefit. To that end we propose 
to buy, sell, rent, lease, improve and otherwise 
dispose of real, personal and mixed estate; to 
organize auxiliaries, sustain, suspend, disband, 
or regulate them by charter, dispensation and 
By-Laws, with such name, officers, privileges, 
authority and power as the Society may from 
time to time determine. Also to establish 
Subordinate Parlors, with such members, 
officers, authority, privileges and powers as the 
Society may determine, and do all other acts 



ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. 5 

as may be legally done by virtue of the laws of 
this, the State of California. 

3. The place where its principal business is 
to be transacted is the City and County of San 
Francisco, State of California. 

4. The term for which it is to exist is fifty 
years. 

5. The number of its Directors or Trustees 
is seven. And the names and residences of 
those who are to act as Directors or Trustees 
until the next election, as provided for by the 
Constitution of said Grand Parlor, are: Frank 
J. Higgins, San Francisco; Frank D. Ryan, 
Sacramento; Henry Lunstedt, San Francisco; 
J. J. E. Cordes, Oakland; Frank G. Wisker, San 
Francisco; W. A. Nash, Oakland; H. Clay 
Chipman, Sacramento. 

Witness ray hand and the Great Seal of State 
at office in Sacramento, Cal., the 8th of June, 
A. D. 1880. 

[Seal.] D. M. BURNS, 

Secretary of State. 



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CONSTITUTION 

OF THE 

GRAND PARLOR 

Native Sons of the Golden West 



ARTICLE I. 

Name and Object. 

Section 1. The name of this body shall be 
the GRAND PARLOR OF THE NATIVE SONS 
OF THE GOLDEN WEST. 

Sec. 2. Its objects are: The uniform ad- 
ministration of the privileges, honors and 
benefits of the Order of the Native Sons of the 
Golden West; to perpetuate in the minds of all 
native Calif ornians the memories of "the days 
of *49," and to unite all worthy Native Sons of 
California in one harmonious body; to improve 
the condition of its members by encouragement 
in business and aiding them to obtain employ- 
ment, and to extend to its members assistance 
in time of sickness and need. 

Sec. 3. At the meetings of the Grand and 
Subordinate Parlors, the discussion of religious 
or political differences is prohibited. 



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ARTICLE II. 

Power. 

Section 1. This Grand Parlor shall have 
jurisdiction over all Subordinate Parlors of the 
Native Sons of the Golden West. It shall have 
the right and power of granting charters to 
Subordinate Parlors only within the State of 
California;- of suspending or annulling the 
same for proper cause; of receiving, hearing 
and determining appeals from Subordinate 
Parlors and the members thereof; of redressing 
and adjusting all grievances arising in the 
Grand or Subordinate Parlors; to make laws 
for its government and support, and for the 
government and support of Subordinate Par- 
lors; to institute new Parlors only within the 
State of California; to initiate the members 
and install the officers of a new Parlor; to 
furnish supplies to Parlors, such as Charter, 
Ritual, Odes, Constitution and Laws, blanks 
and forms, and such other articles as may be 
necessary to properly conduct the business of 
the Order. 

ARTICLE III. 

How Composed. 

Section 1. This Grand Parlor shall be com- 
posed of all Past Grand Presidents retaining a 
continuous membership in the Order, aF Grand 
Officers of the expiring term, and all delegates 
duly elected by the various Subordinate Par- 
lors. None but elected delegates and Grand 
Officers of the expiring term shall have the 



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privilege of voting at the election of Grand 
Officers; but all members of any Parlor, in 
good standing, shall be entitled to be present at 
its meetings, and, by consent of three-fourths 
of the delegates present, shall be allowed to 
address the Grand Parlor. 

All Past Grand Presidents, retaining a con- 
tinuous membership in the Order, shall be en- 
titled to participate in the deliberations of the 
Grand Parlor, and be entitled to all the rights 
and privileges of delegates, except that they 
shall not vote for officers. 

Sec. 2. Each Parlor shall be entitled to one 
delegate at large, and one additional delegate 
for each one hundred members or fraction of 
one hundred members over fifty at the time of 
the election. 

Such delegates shall be nominate and elected 
during the month of March, by their respective 
Parlors. No Brother shall be elected a delegate 
from any Subordinate Parlor unless he shall 
have been a member of the Order at least one 
year, unless all qualified members have de- 
clined, and unless in good standing at the time 
of his nomination and election; provided, that 
in Parlors that have been organized less than 
one year any brother in good standing shall be 
eligible. 

Sec. 3. Said delegates shall serve one year 
from the beginning of the session of the Grand 
Parlor to which they may be elected. But no 
delegate shall be allowed mileage unless in at- 
tendance during the entire session, unless ex- 
cused by the Grand President. In case of a 



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vacancy in the delegation from any Parlor, the 
Parlor may elect a member to fill the vacancy 
for the balance of the term. 

Sec. 4. Each delegate must present his cre- 
dentials, properly signed and attested, with the 
seal of his Parlor attached, certifying that he is 
a delegate elected in accordance with the fore- 
going provisions, and that he is in good stand- 
ing in the Order, and further certifying the 
number of members in the Parlor at the time 
of his election. 

Sec. 5. No proxies shall be admitted to rep- 
resent an elected delegate, but alternates may 
be elected, who shall possess the same quali- 
fications and be elected in the same manner as 
delegates; and they shall be entitled to repre- 
sent an elected delegate to the Grand Parlor ac- 
cording to the highest number of votes received 
at the election for alternates. 

ARTICLE IV. 
Meetings and Business. ^ 

Section 1. This Grand Parlor shall hold its 
annual meeting on the fourth Monday in April 
of each year, at 10:30 o'clock A. M., and shall 
continue to meet at such time and place as may 
be agreed upon from day to day consecutively 
(Sundays excepted) until the business of the 
session has been concluded. 

Sec. 2. At such annual sessions the reports 
and returns of Subordinate Parlors shall be 
presented and received; also, the reports of the 
Grand Officers and Special and Standing Com- 
mittees. The Ritual and secret work shall be 



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exemplified by the Grand Officers and such 
brothers as may be named by the Grand Presi- 
dent. The officers for the ensuing year shall be 
elected and installed; assessments based upon 
the estimates of the Finance Committee shall 
be levied upon the Subordinate Parlors for the 
maintenance and support of the Grand Parlor 
for the ensuing year; and such other business 
transacted as may be deemed necessary. 

Sec. 3. Special sessions shall be called by 
the Grand President upon the written petition 
of at least twenty-five different Parlors or by 
the direction of the regular session. Such 
special session must be called for the trans- 
action of some* particular business specified in 
the call. Such call shall be issued by the 
Grand President within fifteen days after the 
receipt of the petition above provided for, and 
said special session shall not convene for at 
least fifteen days after the issuance of the call. 

Sec. 4. No business shall be transacted at a 
special session other than that for which it was 
called, except by unanimous consent. 

Sec. 5. Twenty-five members, representing 
at least twenty-five Parlors, shall constitute a 
quorum, but less than that number may ad- 
journ to meet at a future specified time. 

ARTICLE V. 

Officers and Elections. 

Section 1. The elective officers of the Grand 
Parlor shall be: 1st, Grand President; 2d, 
Grand First Vice-President; 3d, Grand Second 



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Vice-President; 4th, Grand Third Vice-Presi- 
dent; 5th, Grand Secretary; 6th, Grand Treas- 
urer; 7th, Grand Marshal; 8th, Grand Inside 
bentinel; 9th, Grand Outside Sentinel; 10th 
Grand Trustee, 1st Dist,; 11th, Grand Trustee,' 
2d Dist; 12th, Grand Trustee, 3d Dist.; 13th 
Grand Trustee, 4th Dist; 14th, Grand Trustee,' 
5th Dist; 15th, Grand Trustee, 6th Dist.; 16th 
Grand Trustee, 7th Dist. Provided, that Grand 
Trustee shall be elected by the delegates of the 
respective districts, and such election be ratified 
by the Grand Parlor. For the purpose of elec- 
tion of Grand Trustee by districts, the State 
shall be divided into seven Trustee Districts 
by the Grand Parlor. 

The office of Grand Orator shall be ap- 
pointive, and the Grand Orator shall be ap- 
pointed by the Board of Grand Officers within 
one month after the adjournment of each Grand 
Parlor. (These amendments to be in force and 
effect after the fourth Monday in April, 1902.) 
Sec. 2. None but members of the Grand 
Parlor shall be eligible to any office in its gift 
and no member shall be eligible to the office of 
Grand Trustee from any district unless he be 
a resident thereof. No member of the Grand 
Parlor shall be eligible to an office which goes 
to make up the Visiting Board until he has 
made himself letter perfect in the ritualistic 
and secret work of the Order; and it shall be 
the duty of the Junior Past Grand President 
to satisfy himself by examination that all 
brothers elected to the offices composing said 
Board shall know said work before he installs 



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them in the offices to which they have been 
elected. 

Sec. 3. The election for officers shall be held 
on the last day of the session, in the manner 
deemed most expedient by the delegates pres- 
ent, a majority of all the votes cast being 
necessary to election. 

Sec. 4. The officers elected shall be installed 
on the last day of the session, and shall hold 
office one year, or until their successors are 
elected, installed and qualified to enter upon 
the discharge of their duties; provided, that in 
the absence of any person elected a Grand 
Officer, such Grand Officer may be installed by 
proxy. 

Sec. 5. During the recess of the Grand Par- 
lor, vacancies in any appointive office or com- 
mittee may be filled by the Grand President. 
Vacancies in any elective office may be filled by 
election by the Board of Grand Officers. 

Sec. 6. All officers and committees must 
present a written report of their work to the 
Grand Secretary before the opening of the an- 
nual session. 

ARTICLE VI. 

Duties of Officers. 

Section 1. I'he Grand President shall preside 
at all sessions of the Grand Parlor and pre- 
serve order therein, and enforce a due observ- 
ance of the Constitution and By-Laws of the 
Grand and Subordinate Parlors. He shall, with 
the Grand First Vice-President and with the 



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Chairman of the Board of Grand Tl-ustees, ac- 
cept anu approve all official bonds required of 
the officers of the Grand Parlor; he shall give 
the casting vote when a tie occurs, except in 
cases of election of officers. He shall preside 
during the exemplification of the Ritual, and, 
where necessary to fill the chairs to make the 
officers of the Grand Parlor correspond to a 
Subordinate Parlor, he shall appoint delegates 
to represent such officers during the exempli- 
fication of the work. Whenever a demand shall 
have been approved by the Finance Committee 
he shall order the Grand Treasurer to pay the 
same; he shall institute all new Parlors, either 
in person or by his Deputy. The Grand Presi- 
dent shall transmit the semi-annual password 
to the District Deputy Grand Presidents; he 
shall be the authority upon the secret work of 
the Order; he shall appoint all committees not 
otherwise provided for; he shall give such in- 
structions in the work of the Order to the 
Grand Officers and District Deputy Grand 
Presidents as may be necessary; he shall act 
as President of the Day at all celebrations held 
under the auspices of the Grand Parlor, and 
perform such other duties as the Grand Parlor 
or the Laws of the Order may require. Within 
thirty days after his installation, each Grand 
President shall, under Seal of the Grand Parlor, 
appoint as many District Deputy Grand Presi- 
dents, and Deputy Grand Presidents at Large, 
as in his judgment may be advisable. He shall 
designate the territorial extent of each district, 
and number them. Each District Deputy Grand 
President shall hold office at the will of the 



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Grand President, and perform such other duties 
as msiy be prescribed by the laws and usages 
of the Order; and it shall be the duty of the 
Grand President to send such Grand Officers, 
or Deputy Grand Presidents, or members of the 
Order as he may see fit to select, to localities 
where no Parlors now exist, for the purpose of 
organizing and instituting new Parlors therein; 
and further, to also go to such localities where 
Parlors are known to be in a languishing con- 
dition, and endeavor to rehabilitate them; 
such Officers, Deputy Grand Presidents, or 
members, so delegated, to receive their actual 
traveling expenses and a per diem not to ex- 
ceed five dollars. The members so delegated 
shall report to the satisfaction of the Grand 
President the result of their labor before they 
shall be entitled to receive any compensation. 
The expenditures to carry out the provisions 
of this paragraph shall not exceed in any year 
the amount of a special tax to be levied for this 
purpose. No part of this section shall be con- 
strued so as to apply to the performance of 
their duties by members of the Visiting Board. 
The Grand President shall have power, dur- 
ing the recess of the Grand Parlor, to decide 
all questions of law, order and practice, and 
such appeals as may be taken from the decision 
of a Subordinate Parlor; he shall be empowered 
to grant to Subordinate Parlors the privilege of 
changing their place of meeting, on filing a pe- 
tition therefor, when such petition proves con- 
clusively that the change petitioned for would 
be for the best interests of said petitioning 
Parlor; provided, that the Parlor has author- 



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ized the petition by a majority vote of the 
members present at a meeting called for that 
purpose; it shall be the duty of the Grand 
President to transmit to each member of the 
Committee on Appeals and Grievances, during 
the year, those questions of law upon which 
he may be called to render decisions, and such 
decisions of the Grand President shall stand 
until set aside by the Grand Parlor at a regular 
session. Thirty days before the convening of 
the Grand Parlor he shall transmit all papers 
pertaining to appeals, together with copies of 
his decisions, to the Chairman of the Commit- 
tee on Appeals and Grievances. 

The Grand President shall be empowered to 
grant a dispensation to reballot for a rejected 
candidate before the constitutional period of 
six months has elapsed, upon request of any 
Parlor after a unanimous secret ballot, pro- 
vided one week's notice has been given in said 
Parlor before the ballot was taken thereon. 

The Grand President shall, at least thirty 
days before Admission Day, send his greeting 
annually to every Parlor in the State, and re- 
quest that each Parlor make such arrangements 
for the proper commemoration of the admission 
of California to Statehood in the year 1850 as 
may to each Parlor seem most appropriate, and 
provided that nothing in this section shall pre- 
vent the Grand Parlor from adhering to its 
present custom of arranging also annual grand 
celebrations. 

It shall be the duty of the Grand President 
to visit during the year those Subordinate Par- 
lors which are, in his judgment, most In need 



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of information, instruction and assistance; but 
he shall be assigned no particular district. He 
shall receive from the Grand Parlor his actual 
traveling expenses. 

Sec. 2. The Grand First Vice-President shall 
assist the Grand President in the discharge of 
his duties at all the sessions of the Grand Par- 
lor, and in his absence shall preside. In the 
event of a vacancy in the office of Grand Presi- 
dent he shall become Grand President, with the 
honors of a full term. In case of his absence 
from the State or inability, from any cause, to 
perform the functions of his office, the Grand 
First Vice-President shall be charged with all 
his privileges, powers and duties. He shall also 
have all the powers of a Deputy Grand Presi- 
dent at Large. 

Sec. 3. The Grand Second Vice-President 
shall assist the Grand President and Grand 
First Vice-President in the discharge of their 
duties in all the sessions of the Grand Parlor, 
and in the absence of the Grand First Vice- 
President shall assume his office, and in the 
absence of both the Grand First Vice-Presi- 
dent and Grand President shall assume the 
duties of the Grand Pi'esident. In the event of 
a vacancy in the office of Grand First Vice- 
President, he shall become Grand First Vice- 
President, with the honors of a full term. In 
the event of a vacancy in both offices, to-wit: 
Grand First Vice-President and Grand Presi- 
dent, he shall become Grand President, with the 
honors of a full term. In case of the absence of 
both the Grand President and Grand First Vice- 



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President from the State, or inability, from any 
cause, of both, to perform the functions of 
their office, the Grand Second Vice-President 
shall be charged with all the privileges, powers 
and duties of the Grand President. He shall 
also have all the powers of a Deputy Grand 
President at Large. 

Sec. 4. The Grand Secretary shall keep a 
true and just record of the proceedings of the 
Grand Parlor at each session, and transmit, 
within sixty days after the annual session, two 
copies thereof to each Subordinate Parlor, and 
to members of the Grand Parlor and District 
Deputy Grand Presidents, one copy each. He 
shall keep a record of the name, number, loca- 
tion and date of institution of all Subordinate 
Parlors, and the names, age and place of birth 
of the members thereof; and shall keep a true 
and just account between the Grand Parlor and 
all Subordinate Parlors, and shall present to 
the Grand Parlor, on the first day of each an- 
nual meeting, a full and detailed statement of 
the amount of money and supplies received and 
disbursed during the year. He shall forward 
or turn over all moneys received by him to the 
Grand Treasurer, on the first and fifteenth day 
of each month, taking his receipt for the same, 
and notify the Secretary of each Subordinate 
Parlor ot the receipt of all money received 
from them. He shall notify the Grand Parlor, 
at its annual session, of the Parlors that have 
neglected to make proper returns and who are 
in arrears. He shall prepare, sign and certify 
all instruments emanating from the Grand 
Parlor, and when necessary affix the seal of the 



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Grand Parlor thereto. He shall obtain from 
the Committee on Printing and Supplies all the 
stationery for the use of the Grand Parlor, and 
deliver to the Committee on Printing and Sup- 
plies such material as the Grand Parlor may 
order printed. He shall keep a Black Book, in 
which he shall enter the names of the rejected, 
suspended and expelled, together with date, 
name, number and location of Parlor. He 
shall transmit a copy thereof to each Sub- 
ordinate Parlor on the first day of each month. 
He shall attend all meetings of the Grand Par- 
lor with all necessary books, papers, etc., under 
his control, and perform such other duties as 
the Grand Parlor may direct. He shall, in 
conjunction with the last three Grand Presi- 
dents, prepare and transmit, within six months 
after the annual session, two copies of a com- 
plete index digest of all the decisions of the 
Grand President which have been approved by 
the Grand Parlor, said digest to be printed in a 
separate volume, and shall, prior to the first 
day of July, after the annual session, transmit 
two copies of the Constitution and Laws of the 
Grand and Subordinate Parlors to each of the 
Subordinate Parlors, He shall, prior to enter- 
ing upon the discharge of his duties, execute a 
bond to the Board of Grand Trustees in such 
sum as may be fixed by the Grand Parlor. 

He shall receive such salary as the Grand 
Parlor may determine at each annual session. 
The salary shall be payable monthly; provided, 
he has made his monthly report to the Grand 
Treasurer. 

Sec. 5. The Grand Treasurer shall receive 



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and take charge of all moneys of the Grand 
Parlor, pay all orders drawn on him by the 
Grand President, under the Seal of the Grand 
Parlor, and make such investment of the funds 
as the Grand Parlor may direct; keep his ac- 
counts in such a manner as will exhibit the 
sources and amount of receipts, and by whom 
paid. On the first of each month the Grand 
Treasurer shall furnish to the Chairman of the 
Board of Grand Trustees an account of all 
moneys received during the month, and a bank 
tag showing the amount of money to the credit 
of the Grand Parlor; he shall have his accounts 
closed on the first day of March preceding the 
annual session, and submit them to the Finance 
Committee, and transmit by the Grand Secre- 
tary annually to the Subordinate Parlors an 
exhibit of his accounts, and perform such other 
duties as may be required of him from time to 
time; he shall, prior to entering upon the dis- 
charge of his duties, execute a good and suai- 
cient bond to the Board of Trustees in such 
sum as may be fixed by the Grand Parlor, con- 
ditioned on the faithful discharge of his duties. 

Sec. 6. The Grand Marshal shall assist the 
Grand President in maintaining order, and 
shall, under him, have special charge of the 
meeting room, and perform such other duties 
as may be required of him. 

Sec. 7. The Past Grand President shall per- 
form the devotional exercises of the Grand 
Parlor, and such other duties as are required 
of him by his charges and the usages of the 
Order. 



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Sec. 8. The Grand Orator shall, at the An- 
nual Grand Parlor, deliver the annual oration, 
and perform such other duties as the Grand 
Parlor may prescribe. 

Sec. 9. The Grand Trustees shall have gen- 
eral supervisory power over the Order; shall, 
at such time as they deem proper, examine the 
books and accounts of the various officers, and 
shall, at least twice a year, meet at such place 
as shall be designated by the member of the 
Board selected thereby as Chairman. They 
shall have the custody of all bonds and sureties 
given by the officers of the Grand Parlor. 

Sec. 10. Tbe Inside and Outside Sentinels 
shall see that none who are not entitled to shall 
enter the meeting room of the Grand Parlor 
when in session, and perform such other duties 
as may be required of them. 

Sec. 11. District Deputy Grand Presidents 
shall, within their respective jurisdictions: 
First— Organize Subordinate Parlors; and 
visit each Parlor at least once every six 
months; provided, that District Deputies resid- 
ing in the same cities or towns in which the 
Parlor or any of the Parlors of their District 
are located, shall visit such Parlors in their 
city at least once every two months. It shall 
be the duty of the District Deputy Grand 
President, as soon as he is appointed, to ascer- 
tain the conditions and needs of the Parlors in 
his District and communicate them to the 
members of the Visiting Board in whose Dis- 
trict the Parlors are located. Second — Install 
the officers of all Subordinate Parlors, unless 



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otherwise directed by the Grand President. 
Third — Prior to the installation of officers in 
any Parlor the Recording Secretary must show 
him a receipt from the Grand Secretary for the 
per capita tax due the Grand Parlor for term 
just expired, and for all other claims due the 
Grand Parlor at the close of the term — and the 
Trustees must exhibit, prior to the installation 
of the Treasurer, the bonds of the Treasurer, 
properly executed and approved, according to 
the laws of the Order. Fourth— Communicate 
to me President of each Subordinate Parlor 
the semi-annual "password," as transmitted to 
them by the Grand President; provided, that no 
Parlor shall receive the password until all its 
indebtedness to the Grand Parlor shall have 
been paid. Fifth— Report to the Grand Presi- 
dent at the same time other Grand Officers are 
by law required to report. Sixth— District 
Deputy Grand Presidents shall not receive any 
compensation, but shall receive from the Sub- 
ordinate Parlors the actual traveling expenses 
incurred; provided, however, that whenever it 
is called to the attention of the Grand Presi- 
dent that a Parlor is unable to pay the expense 
of the District Deputy, the Grand President 
shall have power to order such expenses paid 
out of the Grand Organizer's Fund. Seventh— 
Within their respective jurisdictions, grant dis- 
pensations to give parties, balls, picnics or en- 
tertainments, either, for pecuniary benefit or 
amusement. Eighth— Within their respective 
jurisdictions to grant, in case of urgency, dis- 
pensations to receive the petition of, ballot for 
and initiate candidates on the same evening; 



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provided, that in the event the District Deputy 
declines, upon application duly made to him in 
that behalf by any Subordinate Parlor within 
his jurisdiction, to grant any dispensation, 
such Subordinate Parlor may apply to the 
Grand Pi-esident for such dispensation. Ninth — 
Upon request of the Grand Officers, to fur- 
nish them with all information relative to the 
condition of Parlors within their respective 
jurisdictions. Tenth — The District Deputy 
shall collect from the Subordinate Parlors, for 
the Grand Parlor, one dollar for each dispensa- 
tion granted. Eleventh — Deputy Grand Presi- 
dents at Large shall organize Subordinate Par- 
lors, and perform the duties of District Deputy 
Grand Presidents only in districts in which the 
District Deputy is unable to attend to the same. 

Sec. 12. A failure on the part of any oflBcer 
of the Grand Parlor to execute and deliver the 
bonds provided by the provisions of the fore- 
going Article, within the space of thirty days 
after his election, shall operate as a forfeiture 
of his office, and the Board of Grand Officers 
shall fill such vacancy. All bonds must be ap- 
proved by the joint action of the Grand Presi- 
dent, Grand First Vice-President and the Chair- 
man of the Board of Grand Trustees, and shall 
then be delivered for safe-keeping to the Board 
of Grand Trustees. 

Sec. 13. There shall be a Visiting Board con- 
sisting of the Grand First Vice-President, Grand 
Second Vice-President, Grand Orator, Grand 
Treasurer, and the seven members of the Board 
of Grand Trustees, whose duties shall be to 



24 CONSTITUTION OF 

visit the Subordinate Parlors not less than once 
a year, and at least thirty days before the con- 
vening of the Grand Parlor, and impart to the 
Parlors such information and instruction in the 
business of the Order as in their judgment may 
be advisable, and examine the books and com- 
pare them with the Semi-Annual Returns made 
to the Grand Secretary. They shall agree among 
themselves upon a programme of visiting for 
the year. They shall receive from the Grand 
Parlor their actual traveling expenses. No 
member of the Board is entitled to receive trav- 
eling expenses when a Parlor has been pre- 
viously visited by a member of the Board. The 
member who makes the first official visitation 
is entitled to receive the allowance for the trav- 
eling expenses. 

The failure on the part of any member of the 
Visiting Board to visit the Subordinate Parlors 
assigned to such member, as hereinabove pro- 
vided, shall operate as a forfeiture of his office, 
and the Board of Grand Officers shall fill such 
vacancy. 

Each member of the Visiting Board must, in 
addition to the visits assigned to him by said 
Board, visit, at least once in each year, each 
Parlor in the district in which he resides, the 
members of the Visiting Board residing in San 
Francisco apportioning the Parlors of that city 
equally among them. 

ARTICLE VII. 
Trials. 
Section 1. Any member of the Grand Parlor 



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may be expelled, or any officer removed, by a 
two-thirds vote; provided, said member or offi- 
cer shall have had a fair and impartial trial 
upon charges fully specified, and that a copy 
of said charges shall have been served upon 
him at least one day before the trial. 

Sec. 2. The Grand Secretary shall immedi- 
ately notify a Subordinate Parlor of the expul- 
sion of any delegate of such Subordinate Parlor. 

Sec. 3. No officer shall officiate in the Grand 
Parlor during the time of his trial, and in his 
place a pro tern, incumbent shall be appointed. 

ARTICLE VIII. 
Committees. 

Section 1. The elective officers and the Ju- 
nior Past Grand President shall constitute a 
Board of Grand Officers, Such Board shall have 
power to transact all necessary business of the 
Grand Parlor during the recess of the annual 
sessions, and shall perform such other duties 
as may be assigned to them. The Grand Presi- 
dent shall be Chairman of the Board, and may 
call meetings at his discretion. 

The Grand Secretary shall be Secretary of the 
Board. He shall present to the Grand Parlor 
minutes of all meetings held during the recess 
of the Grand Parlor. 

Sec. 2. Immediately after his installation 
the Grand President shall, by the consent of the 
Grand Parlor, appoint the following standing 
committees to serve until the election of his 
successor; such committees shall make a full 



26 CONSTITUTION OF 

report to the Grand Parlor of all business trans- 
acted by them— 

First, a Committee on Finance, to consist of 
three members. 

Second, a Committee on Appeals and Griev- 
ances, to consist of five members. 

Third, a Committee on Petitions, to consist of 
three members. 

Fourth, a Committee on Returns, to consist of 
three members. 

Fifth, a Committee on State of the Order, to 
consist of five members. 

Sixth, a Committee on Legislation, to consist 
of five members. 

Seventh, a Committee on Ritual, to consist of 
five members. 

Eighth, a Committee on Printing and Sup- 
plies, to consist of three members. 

Ninth, a Committee on Laws and Supervision, 
to consist of five members. 

Tenth, a Committee on Literature, to consist 
of five members. 

Eleventh, a Committee on Transportation, to 
consist of three members. 

Twelftli, three Employment Committees, each 
to consist of three members, one to have head- 
quariers at Sacramento, one at San Francisco 
and the other at Los Angeles. The Grand Pres- 
ident shall assign to the jurisdiction of said 
Committees respectively the Parlors of the Or- 
der which are most contiguous and accessible 
to the places above-named, respectively. 

Thirteenth, a Committee on Laws of Subor- 
dinates, to consist of three members. 



GRAND PARLOR. 27 

Fourteenth, a Committee on Ritual Instruc- 
tion, to consist of five members. 

Sec. 3. A Committee on Credentials, to con- 
sist of three members, shall be appointed at the 
opening of the Grand Parlor by the Grand Pres- 
ident, who shall examine and report upon the 
credentials and certificates of the members. 

ARTICLE IX. 
Duties of Committees. 

Section 1. The Committee on Finance shall 
examine and report accounts and claims against 
the Grand Parlor previous to their being passed 
for payment by the Grand Parlor; examine the 
accounts of the Grand Secretary and Grand 
Treasurer annually, and report the result of 
their examination and condition of the finances 
immediately thereafter to the Grand Parlor; 
they shall ascertain and report before the close 
of each session the amount required for the 
maintenance of the Grand Parlor for the ensu- 
ing year and the proportion required from each 
Parlor, and suggest such measures of finance 
as they may deem expedient. 

Sec. 2. The Committee on Returns shall 
thoroughly examine all the returns received 
from the Subordinate Parlors, and report upon 
the same to the Grand Parlor. 

Sec. 3. The Committee on Appeals and Griev- 
ances shall examine into and report upon all 
Appeals and Grievances from Subordinate Par- 
lors or members thereof, and shall present at 
the annual session a written statement of the 



28 CONSTITUTION OF 

facts elicited, and such other matters pertain- 
ing to the case as they may see fit, together 
with a recommendation. 

Sec. 4. The Committee on Petitions shall ex- 
amine all petitions referred to them, and report 
thereon to the Grand Parlor. 

Sec. 5. The Committee on State of the Order 
shall examine the reports of the Grand Officers, 
and such matters as may be referred to them, 
and report thereon to the Grand Parlor, and 
present an exhibit of the condition and progress 
of the Order, and recommend such measures for 
the good of the Order, from time to time, as 
they in their judgment may deem most expe- 
dient. 

Sec. 6. The Committee on Legislation shall 
inquire into and pass upon all judicial ques- 
tions and all amendments to the Grand Parlor 
laws, and to the Constitution of the Grand Par- 
lor, and report thereon. 

Sec. 7. The Committee on Ritual shall exam- 
ine into and report upon all matters pertaining 
to the private work and various ceremonies of 
the Order, and also examine and approve all 
floor work adopted by the Subordinate Parlors 
prior to its taking effect. 

Sec. 8. The Committee on Printing and Sup- 
plies shall attend to all the printing required 
by the Grand Parlor, the forms and matter of 
which must be placed in their hands by the 
Grand Secretary, together with a requisition 
drawn by him in favor of the committee, enu- 
merating such articles as are to be purchased 
by said committee; all such requisitions must 



QKAND PARLOR. 29 

be filed with and reported by the committee at 
the next regular session of the Grand Parlor. 
They shall provide and furnish to the Grand 
Secretary, for distribution to the Subordinate 
Parlors, all charters, ritualistic works, Consti- 
tutions, blanks, forms and properties necessary 
to the business of the Parlor. 

The Committee appointed at each session 
shall be authorized to contract for the printing 
of the proceedings of the next Grand Parlor. 

Sec. 9. The Committee on Laws and Super- 
vision shall examine into and report upon all 
amendments to the Constitution of Subordinate 
Parlors. 

Sec. 10. The Committee on Literature shall 
receive and preserve all literary communica- 
tions; shall solicit the same from persons ca- 
pable of giving valuable information relative to 
the history of the early settlement of Califor- 
nia; shall take statements from persons in- 
formed relative to the early days of California; 
and do and perform such things as are calcu- 
lated to collect and preserve valuable features 
relative to the pioneer aays of the Golden West; 
provided, that no expenditure be made by said 
Committee against either the Grand or any Sub- 
ordinate Parlor. 

Sec. 11. It shall be the duty of the Commit- 
tee on Transportation to make the most advan- 
tageous arrangements for the fares of the vari- 
ous Parlors to the sessions of the Grand Parlor, 
and for all attendants at the Admission Day 
celebrations. 

Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of the Employ- 



•^" eoJ^^STITUTION OP 

ment Committees to obtain, if possible, employ- 
ment for such unemployed brothers as shall 

PaHors^^^^^F^"'!?^ I'^ir'"^ ^^^"^^ Subordinate 

i^arlors. Each shall organize and select a 

Chairman and also a Secretary 

The Secretary thereof shall keep a full record 
of applicants for employment, stating their 
names, ages, occupations. Parlors to whifh they 
belong, positions secured, and any other pert? 
nent information. Upon receiving an applTca-" 
tion for employment, the committee shall at 
once cause to be forwarded to the Secretaries 
of each Subordinate Parlor in its assigned U" 

isdiction, and to such other Subordinate Par- 
lors as may be deemed advisable, the safd applL 

-np'rf^'"?^'^ '"'^ Secretaries are to read in 
>^pen Parlor, and thereafter report to such 

t.onery and postage by the Grand Secretary 
bee. 13. It shall be the duty of the Commit- 

approve alT'Bv'l^"""''"!""'^^ ^ examin^and 
Pa? ors nr n. t"^v7? ^.''?P'"'' "^ Subordinate 
rariors prior to their taking effect and mako 

oon?ormTo 'thf 1 '""''"'l ^' wilf Sse'^themlo' 
conform to the laws and regulations of the Or- 

All By-Laws or amendments to By-Laws must 
thp^'n'^"^^ ^^ r^ ""' type-written, on one si^e of 
the paper only, and certified to by the Secre 
tary under the seal of the Parlor. 

Sec. 14. It shall be the duty of the Commit- 



GRAND PARLOR. 81 

tee on Ritual Instruction to give such brothers 
as may request it instructions in the Ritualistic 
Charges and Floor Work of the Order during 
the sessions of the Grand Parlor. 

ARTICLE X. 
Revenue. 

Section 1. The revenue of this Grand Parlor 
shall be derived from the fees for Charters, the 
sale of Supplies, granting of Dispensations, and 
a per capita tax on the membership of the vari- 
ous Parlors as fixed by the Grand Parlor annu- 
ally, and based upon the estimates of the Fi- 
nance Committee. 

Sec. 2. Any Parlor failing to make prompt 
payment of the per capita tax levied by the 
Grand Parlor shall not be entitled to the term 
"password," nor to the records of the proceed- 
ings of the Grand Parlor, nor to the exhibit of 
the Grand Treasurer; and for failing to pay for 
the space of one year, such Parlor shall be dis- 
solved and shall surrender its Charter, books, 
documents and all property to the officers of the 
Grand Parlor. 

Sec. 3. There shall be added to the regular 
annual per capita tax ratio an amount not to 
exceed five cents per capita as a special fund, 
a tax to create and maintain what shall be 
known as the Grand Parlor Special Relief Fund, 
which shall be used exclusively for the payment 
of sick benefits and funeral benefits to members 
of Parlors which may be hereafter suspended 
or dissolved, or forfeit their charter; or of Par- 



32 CONSTITUTION OF 

lors whose income properly handled is, by rea- 
son of epidemic or unusual amount of sickness, 
unable to meet the demands from cash on hand, 
or collectible from its members. In the case of 
a member of a Parlor which forfeits or surren- 
ders its charter, this fund shall only be avail- 
able if such member, who must be in good 
standing, immediately after such suspension 
or forfeiture, contributes at the rate of $1 
per month to the Special Relief Fund, which 
shall tnereafter entitle him to the same benefits 
theretofore allowed by his Parlor, not exceed- 
ing, however, the sum of $8 per week for thir- 
teen weeks, and thereafter such smaller sums 
as the Board of Managers in chlrge thereof may 
in their discretion allow, and burial benefits not 
to exceed $100. 

The control of the disbursements of this fund 
shall be exercised by the Grand President, with 
the advice and consent of the Grand Trustee 
and District Deputy Grand Presidents in whose 
district such Parlor may have been situated, 
and all benefits shall be subject to such rules 
and discretion, consistent herewith, as may be 
given from time to time by the officers controll- 
ing the disbursement of this fund, who shall de- 
termine the right of such members to benefits 
and of the amount to be paid, and whose decis- 
ion therein shall be final and conclusive. 

Whenever the amount on hand in this fund 
at the time of the levy of per capita tax shall 
exceed the sum of $100 for each 1,000 members 
in the Order, the levy of the additional ratio 
provided herein shall be suspended. When the 
succeeding levy or levies are made at the time 



GRAND PARLOB. 33 

when the Special Relief Fund has been reduced 
to a Jess amount than the limit herein provided, 
it shall then be renewed and continued as here- 
in provided. 

ARTICLE XL 

Subordinate Parlors. 

Section 1. Upon the written application of 
not less than twenty qualified persons born 
within the State of California, residing therein, 
and over eighteen years of age (unless they 
shall fix the minimum age higher, under Article 
II, Section 2, Subordinate Constitution), to work 
as a Subordinate Parlor of the Native Sons of 
the Golden West, under the jurisdiction of this 
Grand Parlor, the Grand President shall require 
the District Deputy to inquire into the character 
and qualification of the applicants. But no Char- 
ter shall be granted to establish a Parlor out- 
side of the State of California. 

Prior to the institution of a new Parlor, the 
petition for a charter for the same, together 
with the names of all persons to be initiated or 
admitted on the night of initiation, must be 
submitted to all the Parlors situated in either 
of the cities hereinafter designated, at least one 
week prior to the institution. Said Parlor may, 
at its option, or upon the demand of five mem- 
bers shall, ballot upon the names of the appli- 
cants, and the result shall be communicated in 
detail to the District Deputy. Any person re- 
ceiving fifteen black-balls in a district compris- 
ing five or more Parlors, or six black-balls in 
other districts, shall be rejected. The appli- 



34 CONSTITUTION OF 

cation of such person so rejected shall not at 
any time thereafter be considered in any Parlor 
within such a district, until it nas first been 
submitted to all the Parlors therein situated; 
and if upon ballot, as hereinabove provided, 
such applicant shall receive fifteen black-balls 
in a district comprising five or more Parlors, or 
six black-balls in other districts, he shall' be 
rejected. No Charter shall be granted to the 
applicants without the recommendation of 
three-fourths of all the Parlors in the district 
This clause shall apply only to the cities of 
San Francisco, Sacramento, Stockton, Oakland 
and Los Angeles. 

Sec. 2. The petitioners shall meet at a time 
and place fixed by the Deputy, and under the 
direction of the Deputy shall proceed to deter- 
mine by ballot whether they will associate with 
all the petitioners as members of the Order, and 
shall thereafter proceed to elect their officers. 

Sec. 3. When the Deputy has concluded his 
inquiries, he shall report the result of the same 
to the Grand Parlor, if in session; otherwise to 
the Board of Grand Officers. 

Sec. 4. If the Grand Parlor, or the Board of 
Grand Officers, when the Grand Parlor is not in 
session, conclude to grant the applicants a Char- 
ter, the Grand President, or the District Deputy 
Grand President, shall institute the said new 
Parlor of such name and number as agreed 
upon, and he shall initiate the members, each 
and every one of whom must have filed a Sur- 
geon's certificate from the Surgeon, elected un- 
der the provision of Section 2 of this Article- 



GllAND PARLOR. 35 

and he shall install the officers; and said officers 
shall hold office until the end of the term in 
which they were installed, provided there are 
thirteen weeks or more of the term to run; but 
if there are less than thirteen weeks to run, 
then they shall hold office until the end of the 
next term; and either of said terms, as the case 
may be, shall be called the first term of the 
Parlor. 

Sec. 5. The new Parlor shall pay to the In- 
stalling Officer the sum of ten dollars as a 
Charter fee, the cost of all supplies furnished, 
and all expenses incurred by him in the organi- 
zation of the Parlor. 

Sec. 6. Any Parlor violating the Constitution 
of the Grand or Subordinate Parlors shall be 
liable to a trial by a committee of seven ap- 
pointed by the Grand President; the Board of 
Grand Officers may suspend the Parlor, but the 
Grand Parlor shall determine the final punish- 
ment. 

Sec. 7. No Parlor shall voluntarily surrender 
its Charter so long as eleven members in good 
standing object to its surrender, nor shall the 
funds of any Parlor ever be divided among its 
members; but upon its dissolution all funds, 
books and other property shall be immediately 
delivered to the Grand Secretary. 

If a new Parlor be instituted at the same 
place within six months after the surrender of 
the Charter and property, said property shall, 
upon payment of all amounts due the Grand 
Parlor by the Parlor dissolved, be given to said 
new Parlor free of charge. Should no new Par- 



36 CONSTITUTION OF 

lor be instituted in the same place within six 
months, said property shall become the prop- 
erty of the Grand Parlor. 

Provided, That two or more Parlors may 
merge into one upon application first being 
made to the Grand President by all of said Par- 
lors. Said application must be supported by a 
two-thirds vote of those voting at a regular 
meeting of each of said Parlors, and upon a re- 
port and recommendation in favor thereof by 
the visiting Grand Officials being made to the 
Grand President, who, in his discretion, may 
grant permission for such merging. Eleven 
members of any Parlor voting against such ac- 
tion shall defeat it. In case of such merging, 
all the Parlors shall surrender their Charters, 
except the Parlor into which the others have 
merged, and the members of the Parlors surren- 
dering their charter shall become members 
thereof, and all property belonging to said Par- 
lors shall become the property of the Parlor 
retaining the charter. 

The Grand President shall auopt such proced- 
ure and impose such conditions as in his judg- 
ment may be deemed necessary to carry into ef- 
fect this provision. 

Sec. 8. At the end of each semi-annual term 
every Subordinate Parlor shall report to the 
Grand Parlor the work and progress of such 
term, which shall include the names of those 
initiated, admitted by/^ard, rejected, withdrawn, 
reinstated, suspended or expelled, and the cause 
of the action of the Parlor in such cases; the 
names of those relieved and to what amount: 



GRAND PARLOK. 37 

and the deceased; the whole number in mem- 
bership; amount of receipts, and from what 
source; the amount of disbursements, and what 
for; the amount of money on hand, and the re- 
sult of the election of officers. 

No Parlor shall be entitled to representation 
on the floor of the Grand Parlor while such Par- 
lor is delinquent in its semi-annual reports. 

Sec. 9. Any Parlor failing to hold its meet- 
ings for six months, or failing to make proper 
returns, or failing to correct inaccurate returns 
after due notice, or failing to make payment of 
per capita tax for one year, shall be dissolved 
by the Grand Parlor, and its Charter and all 
properties forfeited to the Grand Parlor. 

Sec. 10. Members of a suspended, extinct or 
dissolved Parlor may, within one year after 
such suspension, extinction or dissolution, ap- 
ply for membership in any Parlor of the Order. 
The members so applying shall first obtain from 
the Grand Secretary a certificate showing that 
be was a member of such suspended, extinct or 
dissolved Parlor at the time of such suspension, 
extinction or dissolution, and the amount that 
was due from said member at said time, if any. 
The Parlor receiving said application shall re- 
quire of the applicant a Surgeon's certificate 
showing that the applicant is in good health, 
and full payment of the sum shown by the 
Grand Secretary's certificate to be due, if any; 
and upon satisfactory proof that the appli- 
cant was blameless in the suspension, extinc- 
tion or dissolution of the Parlor of which he 
was formerly a member, said applicant shall 



38 CONSTITUTION OP 

be admitted to full membership in said Parlor 
by a majority vote of the members present. 

Sec. 11. All Subordinate Parlors shall, im- 
mediately after the last meeting in June and 
December in each year, forward to the Grand 
Secretary their semi-annual returns and per 
capita tax, by draft or postoffice order or by 
express prepaid, and shall present to their Dis- 
trict Deputies the receipt of the Grand Secretary 
before their officers are installed or the semi- 
annual "password" is communicated; and any 
Subordinate Parlor failing to make its semi-an- 
nual report and pay its semi-annual dues on or 
before the 1st day of February and August of 
each year, shall be suspended by the Grand 
President. 

Sec. 12. Immediately upon its organization, 
each Parlor shall furnish itself with a seal, and 
file a copy thereof with the Grand Secretary; 
and for failure to do so within three months 
after the institution shall be fined five dollars. 

Sec. 13. All properties and supplies required 
for the work and ceremonies of Subordinate 
Parlors must be secured from the Grand Parlor, 
and shall be furnished at such prices as shall 
be determined by the Board of Grand Trustees. 

Sec. 14. Any Parlor providing, directly or in- 
directly, any liquors, spirituous or malt, at any 
entertainment, banquet or supper, or at any cel- 
ebration given under the auspices of the Order, 
Parlor or Parlors, shall be subject to such pen- 
alties as the Grand Parlor may determine upon. 

Sec. 15. All Parlors working under a Char- 



GJRANP PAKLOR. 39 

ter from the Grand Parlor shall enforce a strict 
adherence to the work of the Order, according 
to the forms furnished by the Grand Parlor, and 
they shall neither adopt nor use any other 
charges, lectures, degrees, forms of initiation, 
ceremonies, or regalias than those prescribed 
and provided by the Grand Parlor. Nor shall 
they permit any person, not a member of the 
Order, to wear any regalia of the Order at any 
parade, ceremony or entertainment held under 
the auspices of the Grand Parlor or any Subor- 
dinate Parlor, 

Sec. 16. All circulars or communications 
from Subordinate Parlors soliciting aid or dona- 
tions must be submitted to the Grand President 
for his approval. 

ARTICLE XII. 
By-Laws and Rules of Order. 

Section 1. The Grand Parlor may, upon one 
day's notice in writing, enact, alter or amend 
such By-Laws as may be necessary for the pur- 
pose of carrying into effect the provisions of 
this Constitution, and to regulate the proceed- 
ings of its officers and committees, and provide 
for the safety and security of its funds and 
property. 

Sec. 2. The Grand Parlor may, in like man- 
ner, make such Rules and Orders as may be 
necessary for the regulation of its sessions, and 
for security, good order and dispatch of busi- 
ness. Any of such By-Laws or Rules of Ordel- 
may be suspended at any meeting by a two- 



40 CONSTITUTION OF 

thirds vote; provided, that such suspension 
shall not extend beyond the matter under con- 
sideration. 

ARTICLE XIII. 

Amendments. 

Any amendment or alteration may be made to 
this Constitution, at any regular annual session 
of this Grand Parlor, by a vote of two-thirds 
of the delegates present; provided, that such al- 
teration or amendment shall be proposed one 
day before action thereon, except on the last 
day of the annual session, when, by consent of 
two-thirds of the Grand Parlor voting thereon, 
all amendments proposed by the Committee on 
Legislation and Committee on Laws and Super- 
vision may be taken up and considered on that 
day; provided, also, that no amendment perma- 
nently locating the seat of the Grand Parlor at 
any particular place shall be made, unless the 
same be proposed in writing at a regular an- 
nual session, and adopted at the next annual 
session. 

ARTICLE XIV. 

All amendments to the Constitution of the 
Grand Parlor and Subordinate Parlors, adopted 
by the Grand Parlor, shall, in the event of no 
other provision, take effect upon the 1st day of 
July following the adjournment of the Grand 
Parlor. 



GRAND PARLOR. 



41 



We hereby certify that the foregoing is a true 
and correct copy of the Constitution of the 
Grand Parlor, together with the amendments 
adopted by the Grand Parlor of the Native Sons 
of the Golden West in session at Santa Barbara, 
from April 22d to 25th, 1901. 

FRANK L. COOMBS, 
Grand President. 



(Seal.) 



HENRY LUNSTEDT, 
Grand Secretary. 




LAWS 



I— OF DECORUM. 

During the continuance of the meeting the 
most decorous silence must be observed, the of- 
ficers and members retaining their respective 
seats, and no one leaving the room without the 
permission of the Grand President, nor enter- 
ing without the consent of the Grand Marshal. 

No member shall, by conversation or other- 
wise, interrupt the business of the Grand Par- 
lor, or refuse to obey the Chair. Every oflBcer 
and member shall be designated in debate or 
otherwise by his proper office or title. 

II— OF THE CHAIR. 

The Grand President, while presiding, shall 
state every question coming before the Grand 
Parlor, and immediately before putting it to 
vote shall ask: "Is the Grand Parlor ready for 
the question?" Should no member rise to speak, 
and a majority indicat- their readiness, he shall 
rise to state the question, and after he has risen 
no member shall be permitted to speak upon it. 
He shall pronounce the votes and decisions of 
the Grand Parlor on all subjects. His decis- 
ions on the questions of order shall be made 
without debate, unless, entertaining doubts on 



44 LAWS. 

the point, he invites it; and he shall have the 
privilege of speaking only on such questions 
from the Chair. When his decision has been 
appealed from, the question shall be put thus: 
"Will the Grand Parlor sustain the Chair in its 
decision?" 

Ill— OF DEBATE. 

Every member, when he speaks or offers a 
motion, shall rise and respectfully address the 
Chair. While speaking, he shall confine him- 
self to the question under debate, avoiding all 
personality and indecorous language, as well as 
any reflections upon the Grand Parlor or its 
members. 

Should two or more members rise to speak at 
the same time, the Chair shall decide which 
shall be entitled to the floor. 

No member shall disturb another in his 
speech, unless to call him to order for words 
spoken. 

If a member, while speaking, shall be called to 
order at the request of the Chair, he shall cease 
speaking, and take his seat until the question 
of order is determined, when, if permitted, he 
may again proceed. 

No member shall speak more than once on 
the same question, until all the members wish- 
ing to speak shall have had an opportunity to 
do so, nor more than twice without permission 
of the Chair; but no member shall have the 
privilege of speaking more than once on a ques- 
tion of order, after appeal from the decision of 
the Chair. 



LAWS. 45 

IV— OF QUESTIONS AND VOTES. 

When any communication, petition or memo- 
rial is presented, before it is read, or any vote 
taken on it, a brief statement of its contents 
shall be made by the introducer or the Chair; 
and after it has been read, a brief notice of the 
purport shall be entered on the journal. 

No motion shall be subject to an action until 
seconded and stated by the Chair, and at the 
desire of any member, shall be reduced to writ- 
ing. 

When a blank is to be filled, the question 
shall be taken first upon the highest sum or 
number, and the longest time proposed. 

Any member may call for a division of a 
question when the sense will admit of it. 

When a motion is before the Grand Parlor 
no motion shall be received, unless to adjourn, 
the previous question, to lay on the table, to 
postpone indefinitely, to postpone to a certain 
time, to refer or to amend, and shall have prece- 
dence in the order herein arranged; the first 
three of which shall be decided without debate. 

After any question, except one of indefinite 
postponement, has been decided, any two mem- 
bers who voted with the majority may, during 
the same communication, move for the recon- 
sideration thereof. 

The previous question may be called for by 
two members, and shall be put in this form: 
"Shall the main question be now put?" If car- 
ried, all debate shall cease, and the vote shall 
be first on all pending amendments, beginning 



46 LAWS. 

with the one last proposed, after which, upon 
the main question. 

All points of parliamentary law and usage not 
provided for in these rules shall be decided ac- 
cording to Cushing's Manual. 

The ayes and noes shall be recorded upon 
the request of four members. 

Every member present shall vote on any 
question before the Grand Parlor, unless he is 
personally interested in the result, or has been 
excused by the Grand Parlor, or is otherwise 
incapacitated. 

No more than two amendments to a proposi- 
tion shall be entertained at the same time — 
that is, an amendment, and an amendment to 
an amendment— and the question shall be first 
taken on the latter. 

When the ayes and noes are ordered, the 
names of the representatives shall be called by 
Parlors. 

After a substitute has been accepted by the 
Grand Parlor in place of the report of a commit- 
tee, further action on the report would be out 
of opder, without first reconsidering the vote by 
which the substitute was adopted. 

When a substitute is adopted in place of an 
amendment, it is not necessary to take action 
on the amendment. 

All resolutions laid upon the table, and not 
acted upon before the close of the session of 
the Grand Parlor at which they were presented, 
expire with the session. 



ORDER OF BUSINESS 



The officers of the preceding annual session 
shall open the session, and officiate until the 
installation of their successors. 

The Order of Business of the annual session 
shall be: 

FIRST DAY. 

1. Opening ceremonies. 

2. Presentation and reading of credentials. 

3. Appointment of the Committee on Creden- 
tials and their report. 

4. Action on the report of the Committee on 
Credentials. 

5. Reading of the minutes of special sessions 
and the action thereon. 

6. Reports of the retiring Grand Officers and 
all special and Standing Committees of the last 
term and action thereon. 

7. Miscellaneous business. 

SECOND DAY. 

1. Reading of minutes of the preceding day. 

2. Reception and references of credentials 
and reports thereon. 



48 ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

3. Reception of Petitions, Communications, 
Appeals and Financial Accounts. 

4. Consideration of proposed amendments to 
the Grand Constitution. 

5. Consideration of proposed amendments to 
the Constitution of Subordinate Parlors. 

6. Exemplification of the Ritualistic ana Se- 
cret Work of the Order. 

7. New business. 



THIRD DAY. 

1. Reading minutes of preceding day. 

2. Reception and reference of credentials, 
and reports thereon. 

3. Presentation and reference of Petitions, 
Communications, Appeals and Financial Ac- 
counts presented and referred. 

4. Reports of Special Committees by senior- 
ity. 

5. Report of Standing Committees in the or- 
der named in Constitution. 

6. Additional business, in same order as on 
second day. 

7. The same order of business may be fol- 
lowed every day until the Grand Parlor ad- 
journs. 

8. Should the foregoing order of business not 
be concluded on the first or second day, it shall 
commence on each succeeding day where it left 
off on the preceding, except that the reading 
and approval of the minutes, and reception, ref- 



ORDER OF BTISINESS. 49 

erence and reports on credentials of members, 
shall be the first business in order each day; 
the nomination, election and installation of of- 
ficers and appointment of standing committees 
shall take place on the last day. 

9. On the last day of the session the minutes 
of the day shall be read, and approved, if cor- 
rect. 

10. Closing ceremonies. 



CONSXITUXION 



Subordinate Parlors 



UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE 

Grand Parlor of the State of California 



preamble: 



Foil the purpose of effecting uniformity in the 
administration of the privileges, honors and 
benefits of the Native Sons of the Golden West, 
the Grand Parlor of the N. S. G. W. ordains the 
following Constitution of Subordinate Parlors 
under its jurisdiction: 



52 CONSTITUTION OF 

ARTICLE I. 
Name and Object. 

Section 1. This Parlor shall be known as 

Parlor, No of the Native Sons 

of the Golden West. 

Its objects are mutual benefit, mental im- 
provement and social intercourse; to perpetuate 
in the minds of all Native Californians the 
memories of the "days of '49"; to unite all 
worthy Native Sons of California in one har- 
monious body; to improve the condition of its 
members by encouragement in business, and by 
aiding them to obtain employment, and to ex- 
tend to its members assistance in the time of 
sickness and need. 

ARTICLE II. 
Membership. 

Section 1. Its membership shall be confined 
to white males who were born within the State 
of California. 

Sec. 2. Candidates must be of sound health, of 
good moral character and industrious habits, 
having some respectable means of support, and 
believing in the existence of a Supreme Being, 
and must make application to the Parlor near- 
est their residence, unless that Parlor grants 
permission to join another; provided, that in a 
city or town where more than one Parlor ex- 
ists, an applicant may be proposed in any of 
said Parlors. Candidates must be of the age of 
eighteen years or upward, but each Subordinate 
Parlor may fix the limit of age beyond eighteen; 



SUBORDINATE PAKLOKS. 53 

provided, that nothing in this Article shall be 
construed to bar any member in good standing 
in any Subordinate Parlor from all the rights 
and privileges of the Native Sons of the Golden 
West. 

Sec. 3. Applications for membership must be 
made in writing, and accompanied by the Sur- 
geon's Certificate, and must be signed by the 
applicant, stating time and place of birth, occu- 
pation and place of residence; and the appli- 
cant for membership must be recommended by 
two members of the Order in good standing. 

Sec. 4. The application shall be read at a 
regular meeting, entered on the minutes, and 
referred to the Committee of Investigation, who 
shall inquire into and report at the next regu- 
lar meeting of the Parlor as to the character 
and fitness of the applicant to become a member. 
If the report be unfavorable, the applicant shall 
be declared rejected; if the report be favorable, 
a ballot shall be taken, and three black-balls 
shall be sufficient to reject, but, on demand, a 
re-ballot shall be had immediately; when re- 
jected, his application cannot again b4 consid- 
ered in any Parlor for a period of six iponths. 

In places where more thai? onf^Varlor have 
concurrent jurisdiction they sliall notify each 
other whenever they receive a petition for mem- 
bership in accordance with the following form: 



54 CONSTITUTION OF 

Parlor, No 

N. S. G. W. 

1 

To the of?icers and members of 

Parlor, No N. S. G. W.: 

Brothers: At a regular meeting of this Parlor, 

held this evening, 

filed a petition for membership, 

by initiation. Age is years, 

occupation 

residence 

The same was referred to Brothers: 




Investigating Committee. 



Please forward to this Parlor or Investigating 
Committee any information you may have de- 
rogatory to the candidate's character or physi- 
cal condition. 

Recording Secretary. 



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No ballot shall be taken until all such infor- 
mation shall have been investigated. 

All such applications shall lie over two weeks 
from the date the application was read in the 
Parlor before any ballot shall be had thereon. 

No application can be withdrawn after the re- 
port of the Committee. 

Sec. 5. The Secretary shall immediately no- 
tify the Grand Secretary of all rejections. 

Sec. 6. On good cause being shown, the elec- 
tion of a candidate may be rescinded before in- 
itiation. 

See. 7. If any person fails to appear for in- 
itiation within six weeks after his election, such 
election shall be null and void. 

Sec. 8. All members entitled to vote must 
vote on the election of candidates to member- 
ship, unless excused by the President. 

ARTICLE III. 
Meetings. 

Section 1. The regular meetings of this Par- 
lor shall be held at such time and place as may 
be designated in the Parlor By-Laws. Five 
members in good standing shall constitute a 
quorum for the transaction of business. 

Sec. 2. Special meetings may be called by the 
President at his discretion, and must be called 
upon the written request of any five members 
in good standing, or by vote of the Parlor, and 
the Secretary shall notify the members thereof 
in time to render their presence possible. 



56 CONSTITUTION OF 

Sec. 3. No business shall be transacted at a 
special meeting other than that for which it 
may have been called. 

Sec. 4. The Parlor shall be opened at the 
time prescribed in the By-Laws, if a quorum 
be present. In the absence of the President, 
and all the Vice-Presidents, the senior Past 
President present shall preside, and in his ab- 
sence any brother in good standing may be 
called upon to preside by a majority of those 
present. 

ARTICLE IV. 

Oflacers. 

Section 1. The elective officers of this Parlor 
shall be a President, First, Second and Third 
Vice-Presidents, Recording Secretary, Financial 
Secretary, Treasurer, Marshal, one or more Sur- 
geons, and three Trustees. All officers, except 
Trustees and Treasurer, shall be elected semi- 
annually, by ballot, and hold office six months. 
The Treasurer shall be elected annually, and 
hold office one year, and the Trustees eighteen 
months; provided, however, that all officers shall 
hold until their successors are duly elected 
and qualified; and provided, further, that in 
case of urgency, or absence, or inability of the 
Surgeon, the Parlor may designate some other 
physician to temporarily perform the functions 
of the regular Surgeon. 

Sec. 2. At the expiration of the President's 
term of office, he shall be duly installed as Ju- 
nior Past President, and shall fulfill the duties 
of that office faithfully for a full term, unless 



SUBOKDINATE PARLORS. 57 

for good cause he is excused by a two-thirds 
vote, before he is entitled to the honors of a 
Past President. 

Sec. 3. The appointive officers shall be an 
Assistant Recording Secretary, Assistant Finan- 
cial Secretary, and an Inside and Outside Senti- 
nel. 

Sec. 4. No member shall be eligible to the 
office of President unless he has served a full 
or an unexpired term as President or as Vice- 
President, and no member shall be eligible to 
the office of Vice-President unless he has been 
a member of the Parlor for six months; pro- 
vided, if all qualified to serve decline, any mem- 
ber in good standing is entitled to be elected. 

Sec. 5. Nothing in Section 4 shall be con- 
strued to deprive the charter Past President of 
any of the rights and honors of a President. 

Sec. 6. Parlors having less than one hundred 
members may, at their option, consolidate the 
offices of Recording and Financial Secretary. 

ARTICLE V. 

Elections. 

Section 1. Nominations for elective officers 
shall be made at the meeting immediately pre- 
ceding that of the regular election, and on elec- 
tion night by consent of a majority of the mem- 
bers present. 

Sec. 2. When an officer or officers are to be 
elected, the President shall appoint three tellers 
to conduct the election. After ascertaining 
that the ballot-box is empty, the tellers shall 



58 



CONSTITUTION OF 



Close It and place it on the altar in the center 
of the room; the Financial Secretary shall 
furnish the Recording Secretary with a list of 
the names of members not entitled to vote, 
and the Recording Secretary shall call the roll 
omitting the names of such members; each 
member shall respond as his name is called 
and deposit his ballot; the teller shall announce 
his vote cast and the Recording Secretary shall 
record the same; upon the completion of the 
roll-call, the President shall inquire if all 
members entitled, have voted, and, if none ap- 
pear to the contrary, he shall declare the ballot 
closed. The tellers shall count the ballots be- 
iore untoldiug them, and, if the number cast 
agrees with the Secretary's record of votes 
polled, they shall then open and read aloud the 
name or names on each ballot, and the Record- 
ing becretary shall keep a correct tally thereof; 
the Presiaent shall announce the result of such 
count (and recount, if one be demanded), after 
which the tellers, before taking their seats in 
the body of the Parlor, shall destroy all of 
said ballots, either by burning or tearing them 
into small fragments. 

The ballot-box shall consist of a tight box 
with a small opening in the cover, through 
which a folded ballot may be easily inserted; 
and the ballots shall, when possible be of 
paper of a uniform size, thickness and color, so 
that one cannot be distinguished from another. 

All elections for officers must be by ballot 
and a majority of all the votes cast shall be 
necessary for a choice, except in cases where 
there is no opposition, when the Parlor may 



SUBORDINATE PARLORS. 59 

instruct the Secretary to cast the ballot for 
such office. 

Any member who casts, or attempts to cast, 
more than one ballot at any one time, shall, 
upon conviction in accordance with the pro- 
visions of Article IX of this Constitution, be 
expelled from the Parlor. Whenever the num- 
ber of ballots cast exceeds the numbetr of mem- 
bers who voted, a new ballot shall be taken. 

Sec. 3. Vacancies may be filled by nomina-' 
tions at any reguiar meeting and election at the 
next succeeding meeting. 

Sec. 4. The officers, except the Trustees and 
the Treasurer, shall be elected at the first regu- 
lar meeting in December and June of each year 
and shall be installed at the first regular meet- 
ing in January and July. The Trustees shall be 
so elected that the term of office of but one 
Trustee shall expire with each semi-annual 
term. At each regular election of officers, one 
Trustee shall be elected to serve eighteen 
months. The Treasurer shall be elected at the 
first regular meeting in June of each year. The 
installation may be public or private, as the 
Parlor may determine. The District Deputy 
Grand President, or, in his absence, a Past Pres- 
ident by seniority, shall act as installing officer; 
provided, that no installation shall take place 
until after due notice to the District Deputy 
Grand President. 

ARTICLE VI. 
Duties of Officers. 
Section 1. The President shall preside at the 



60 CONSTITUTION OF 

meetings of the Parlor, preserve order, sign 
warrants drawn on the Treasurer for the pay- 
ment of audited accounts, and all other papers 
ordered by the Parlor; have general supervisory 
power over the Parlor; see that officers perform 
their duty; enforce the Constitution, By-Laws, 
Rules and Regulations of the Parlor; appoint 
all committees not otherwise provided for; give 
the casting vote when a tie occurs; examine 
and announce the result of all ballotings and 
other votes; direct the Secretary to call special 
meetings, when applied for in writing by five 
members. He shall not make or second any mo- 
tion, nor take part in any debate, while in the 
chair, unless he surrenders the chair. Previous 
to closing the Parlor he shall ascertain from the 
Financial Secretary the amount of the receipts 
since the previous meeting, and from the Treas- 
urer if he has received the same. At the next 
regular meeting after his installation he shall 
appoint all necessary standing committees, and 
at the end of his term he shall make a report 
showing Che progress and condition of the Par- 
lor. 

Sec. 2. The Vice-Presidents, in the order of 
their rank, shall perform the duties of the 
President, in his absence or inability. They 
shall be the committee to audit all accounts 
against the Parlor, keeping a regular account 
thereof, showing when presented, by whom, 
the amount, what for, and the amount by them 
allowed. Their books shall be open at all times 
for the inspection of the members. 

Sec. 3. The Recording Secretary shall keep 



SrinOUDlNATE PARLORS. Gl 

a correct account of the proceedings of the Par- 
lor in a book to be kept for that purpose. He 
shall draw all warrants on the Tl-easurer for 
the payment of accounts approved by the Audit- 
ing Committee and ordered paid by the Parlor, 
and present them to the President for his sig- 
nature. He shall record a brief synopsis of all 
bonds executed by officers of the Parlor, and 
keep the Black Book. He shall furnish mem- 
bers ol the Investigating Committee with 
duplicates of all propositions, and notify the 
members of the Visiting Committee when mem- 
bers arc reported sick. He shall keep a correct 
record of votes cast at all elections in the Par- 
lor. He shall notify candidates for member- 
ship, in writing, under the Seal of the Parlor, 
of their election or rejection, and mem_bers of 
their deprival of sick benefits, suspension, ex- 
pulsion, or acceptance of resignation. He shall 
report to the Grand Secretary immediately the 
reinstatement, names of all the rejected candi- 
dates and the suspension or expulsion of a 
member. He shall sign and affix the Seal to all 
documents ordered by the Parlor; keep the 
papers properly marked and filed, ready for in- 
spection at any time; notify the members of 
special meetings when ordered by the Presi- 
dent. At the end of his term make a report, 
showing the number of members elected, re- 
jected, initiated, suspended, reinstated, with- 
drawn, resigned and died, with dates and occu- 
pation; the number of contributing members, 
the amount of receipts, benefits paid, amount 
expended, and the amount on hand. He shall 
also make a similar report to the Grand Secre- 



62 CONSTITUTION OT* 

tary. And for a failure to make such semi- 
annual report to the Grand Secretary within 
thirty days after the time of the first regular 
meetings in January and July, the Parlor shall 
record a fine of five dollars against the Record- 
ing Secretary, which shall under no circum- 
stances be remitted. He shall from time to 
time notify the Employment Committee ap- 
pointed by the Grand President, and to the 
jurisdiction of which his Parlor has been as- 
signed, of the names, ages, occupations, and 
names of Parlors, of unemployed brothers, and 
all other pertinent information, and shall 
promptly reply to any communication ad- 
dressed to him by any Employment Commit- 
tee, and furnish all information required by it. 
He shall also promptly notify the Employment 
Committee of the action of his Parlor on its 
communication respecting employment matters, 
and shall also notify the applicant, and give 
such other information as he may from time to 
time require; and within one week after his 
term expires deliver to his successor all books 
and papers, together with all other property of 
the Parlor in his possession. 

Sec. 4. The Financial Secretary shall keep a 
Record Book, showing the names of members, 
when admitted, when and where born, and 
their place of residence; collect their dues, and 
all other moneys due the Parlor; keep a regular 
account thereof; at each meeting pay the same 
to the Treasurer, take his receipts and retain 
them as vouchers in settlement; notify all 
members when three and nine months in ar- 
rears; and he shall on the night of election 



SUBORDINATE PARLORS. 63 

furnish the Recording -Secretary with the list of 
members not entitled to vote. He shall keep 
an account of all properties, investments and 
funds of the Parlor, which shall at all times be 
open for inspection, and at the end of his term 
make a report and furnish the Recording 
Secretary with all the information necessary 
to enable him to prepare his report; and de- 
liver to his successor in oflBce, within one week 
after his term expires, all the books, papers 
and property in his possession belonging to the 
Parlor. 

Sec. 5. The Treasurer shall receive, re- 
ceipt for and disburse all moneys belonging to 
the Parlor, and keep a regular account thereof. 
He shall deposit the money in such banks as 
the Parlor may determine upon. When a check 
is presented to him properly signed, he shall 
endorse it, on which the bank will pay, and 
not otherwise. He shall pay benefits to sick 
members on warrants, properly executed. Prior 
to his installation he shall give a joint and 
several bond, payable to the Trustees, in trust 
for the Parlor, in such sums as the Parlor may 
require, with two good and suflBlcient sureties. 
At the end of his term, and at the first meeting 
in each month, he shall make a report showing 
his receipts, disbursements, and the amount 
on hand; furnish the Recording Secretary with 
all necessary information; deliver his books, 
papers and money to his successor in office 
within one week after the expiration of his 
term. 

Sec. 6. The Marshal shall be commander of 



64 CONSTITUTION OF 

processions, under the President, with power to 
appoint his assistants. He shall have charge of 
the meeting-room, keep it in order, see that all 
present are in possession of the "pass-word"; 
secure the meeting from intrusion, carry mes- 
sages, introduce candidates for membership, 
obey the orders of the Parlor, the President and 
the Board of Trustees. He shall not permit 
any person not a member of the Order to wear 
any regalia of the Order at any parade, cere- 
mony or entertainment held under the auspices 
of the Parlor. He shall be held responsible for 
all property of the Parlor intrusted to his care, 
and shall deliver the same to his successor. 

Sec. 7. The Financial and Recording Secre- 
taries may appoint an assistant each, and the 
Marshal shall appoint an Inside and an Outside 
Sentinel. 

Sec. 8. The Surgeon shall examine each ap- 
plicant for membership, and place on file a cer- 
tificate stating his paysical condition, and do 
such other duties as the Parlor may require. 

Sec. 9. The Board of Trustees shall examine 
and report upon the books of the officers at 
least once in three months, compare the 
vouchers and records, see that they correspond 
with collections and disbursements, and make 
a plain, intelligible report thereof at the next 
meeting of the Parlor. It shall be the duty of 
the Board of Trustees to see that the bonds and 
undertakings of all officers re-elected are re- 
newed. They shall make and call in loans, and 
sue the sureties on all undertakings given to 
the Parlor whenever required by the Parlor, 



SUBORDINATE PARLORS. 65 

and shall insure and keep insured against fire 
all propftrty of the Parlor, in some responsible 
insurance company. The evidence of any debt 
shall be placed in some fire-proof safe, and 
shall be exhibited in open meeting at the first 
regular meeting after the election of officers. 
At the end of each term they shall report in 
full all business transacted by thera during 
their term of oflice, and turn over to their suc- 
cessors all books, papers and property in their 
possession belonging to the Parlor. They shall 
thoroughly examine and report upon all resolu- 
tions or questions of doubt referred to them. 

Sec. 10. The Board of Trustees is the legal 
corporate body of the Parlor, subject to its By- 
Laws and the laws of the State. The Board 

shall be known as the Trustees of 

Parlor, No , of the Native Sons of the 

Golden West. 

Sec. 11. The Junior Past President shall con- 
duct the devotional exercises and administer 
the obligations to candidates for membership. 

Sec. 12. The Assistant Secretary shall per- 
form the duties of the Secretary, in his absence 
or inability, and render such other assistance 
as the Recording Secretary may direct. 

Sec. 13. The Assistant Financial Secretary 
shall perform the duties of the Financial Secre- 
tary during his absence or inability, and such 
other duties as the Financial Secretary may 
direct. 

Sec. 14. The Inside Sentinel shall have 
charge of the inner door, and shall not allow 



bb rONSTITUTTON" OP 

any one to enter or retire during the opening, 
closing, or initiatory ceremony, unless directed 
by the President. 

Sec. 15. The Outside Sentinel shall have 
charge of the outside door and ante-room. He 
shall not allow any one to enter without the 
pass-word," unless directed by the President. 
Sec. 16. In addition to the duties assigned to 
each officer, they shall perform such other 
duties as the Parlor may, from time to time, 
direct. Any officer absenting himself from the 
Parlor for three consecutive meetings, except 
in case of sickness or any good cause, or 
any officer, for misconduct or neglect as such 
may be removed from office by a vote of two-' 
thirds of the members voting at the next meet- 
ing after a resolution therefor has been offered 
to the Parlor. 

Sec. 17. No initiatory officer shall be in- 
stalled until the installing officer shall have 
satisfied himself by a rigid examination in open 
Parlor, or by mock initiation, that the officer is 
letter-perfect in the Ritualistic work assigned 
to him: this provision shall not apply to the 
institution of new Parlors; provided, that Par- 
lors shall be permitted to maintain a per- 
manent team for the conferring of the Initia- 
tion Degree, by dispensation of the Grand 
President. 

Sec. 18. All officers elected— and appointed— 
shall, at least once a month (under "Opening 
Ceremonies"), repeat the duties of their respec- 
tive offices. 



SUBOT^DINATE PARLORS. fi/ 

ARTICLE VII. 
Fees and Dues. 

Section 1. The initiation fees and dues 
shall be lixed in the By-Laws, and payable in 
advance; provided, that the initiation fee shall 
not be less than five dollars. 

Sec. 2. Members three dollars in arrears for 
dues are not entitled to the "pass-word" or a 
vote in the Parlor, nor shall they be eligible to 
office. All fines and assessments shall be 
charged as dues, one month after having been 
levied, and all dues are delinquent on the last 
day of the month for which charged. 

Sec. 3. Any member neglecting or refusing to 
make payment of dues, fines and assessments 
held against him to the amount of dol- 
lars (minimum amount optional with the Par- 
lors), shall stand deprived from all privileges 
of sick benefits; provided, notice has been given 
him as required herein. The Financial Secre- 
tary shall announce in open meeting the name 
of a brother liable to the penalties provided by 
this Section, and upon the order of the Parlor, 
and within twenty-four hours thereafter, shall 
serve a written notice on such brother so liable 
to such penalty, informing him of such fact, 
and stating therein the amount due. The no- 
tice provided herein, shall be, by delivering the 
same to the brother, personally, or by deposit- 
ing the same in the postoffice, directed to the 
brother at his last known place of residence, 
and postage prepaid thereon. 

If, by the regular meeting subsequent to the 



68 CONSTITUTION OF 

service of such notice, the brother has failed, 
neglected or refused to pay the amount so re- 
quired of hira to be paid, the Financial Secre- 
tary shall so announce in open meeting, and 
thereupon the President shall declare such 
brother deprived of sick benefits. No member 
so deprived can be restored to the privileges of 
benefits without a vote of the Parlor, and the 
whole or partial payment of demands. 

Sec. 4. A member who becomes Indebted to 
this Parlor for nine months' dues, or in the sum 
of nine dollars, either for dues, fines or assess- 
ments, shall be liable to suspension. 

In suspending a brother from membership, 
the following procedure must be strictly fol- 
lowed: 

First — The brother liable to suspension must 
be notified in writing by the Financial Secre- 
tary of the amount due by him to the Parlor, 
and of the fact that on a date named in the 
notice he will be liable to suspension. Such 
notice must be served upon the brother so liable 
to suspension at least one month prior to the 
time of his suspension by the Parlor, as here- 
inafter provided. 

Second — Such notice must be served on the 
brother either by delivering the same to him 
personally, or by depositing such notice in the 
postotfice, directed to the brother at his last 
known place of address, and the postage pre- 
paid thereon. 

Third — The Secretary serving such notice 
shall use blank notices, from a book having a 



SUBOKDINxVTE PARLORS. 



69 



stub, upou whifh stub he shall make a record 
of the date and manner of service thereof. 

Fourth— At the next meeting after the date 
named in such notice as the time when such 
brother shall be liable to suspension, or at any 
subsequent meeting, the Secretary shall an- 
nounce in open Parlor that the brother is liable 
to suspension, and shall declare in open Parlor 
the date and manner of service of the aforesaid 
notice, and such declaration, showing the date 
and manner of such service, shall be recorded 
in the minutes, together with the fact that the 
brother is still indebted to the Parlor in the 
sum of nine dollars or more. 

Pifth— The President shall, immediately after 
the matters aforesaid are recorded in the 
minutes in open Parlor, declare the brother 
suspended, and thereupon the brother shall 
stand suspended from membership. 

Sec. 5. A member suspended for non-pay- 
ment of dues desiring to be reinstated and 
restored to all benefits and privileges of the 
Order, shall make a written application to his 
Parlor, which shall then be acted upon as in 
the case of a new applicant. After payment of 
all demands against him at the time of his sus- 
pension (which shall be refunded if the appli- 
cant be rejected), he may, upon the report of 
the committee and Surgeon, be reinstated by a 
two-thirds vote of all members present and 
voting, which vote shall be taken by ballot. 

Sec. 6. A suspended member cannot regain 
membership in the Order, except by being first 
reinstated in the Parlor which suspended him. 



70 COJVSriTUTlON OF 

Sec. 7. Members suspended for non-payment 
of dues shall not be liable for dues, fines or as- 
sessments during suspension. 

Sec. 8. The advantages of this Article shall 
be forfeited after three years' suspension, and 
the suspended party can only re-enter the Order 
as a new member. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

Benefits. 

Section 1. Every member qualified, as re- 
quired by the By-Laws, shall, in case of sick- 
ness or bodily injury, not resulting from an im- 
moral or unlawful action, be entitled to and 
shall receive from the funds of the Parlor such 
weekly benefits as may be fixed by the By- 
Laws. Such benefits shall not commence until 
six months from the date of admission to 
membership in the Parlor. But the Parlor may 
provide in its By-Laws that benefits shall not 
be allowed for the first week's sickness. 

Sec. 2. In case of the death of a member, 
there shall be allowed from the funds of the 
Parlor such sums as the By-Laws may allow or 
require. The Pi'esident shall have charge of 
the funeral (in the absence of relatives) and 
shall render an account of disbursements. The 
By-Laws may provide funeral benefits for 
members not in good standing if the Parlor so 
desires, and the By-Laws may also provide the 
conditions under which such benefits shall be 
paid. 



SUBOUJLUNATE PAKLORS. 71 

Sec. 3. All orders for the above benefits shall 
be drawn by a vote of the Parlor. 

Sec. 4. Subordinate Parlors may, when a 
widow of a deceased member of the Order (who 
at his death was in good standing), or when the 
minor children of such deceased member are in 
need of assistance, provide them, or either of 
them, with such aid as the financial condition 
of the Parlor may permit. 

Sec. 5. If there are two or more Parlors in 
the same city or town, they may organize a 
Relief Committee, to consist of at least three 
representatives from each Parlor, and it shall 
be the duty of such Relief Committee to refer 
the cases of all sick or disabled brothers, not 
members of their Parlors, and also all funerals • 
of such brothers, to the Parlors in said city or 
town, in rotation, and the Parlor to whom such 
case is referred shall take charge of said case, 
as hereinafter provided. 

If no Relief Board exists in such city or town, 
or if such Board fails to investigate or attend to 
said case, then the Parlor to whom said sick 
brother reports shall take charge of him. as 
hereinafter provided. 

Sec. 6. Any brother who is taken sick or be- 
comes disabled while out of the jurisdiction of 
his own Parlor may report to the nearest Par- 
lor, or his Parlor may report his sickness and 
refer his case to said Parlor, and thereupon such 
Parlor shall take charge of his case, and the 
Visiting Committee thereof shall investigate 
said case, take charge of and visit said sick 



72 CONSTITUTION OF 

brother in the same manner as they would do 
with one of their own sick or disabled mem- 
bers, and shall immediately send a written no- 
tice and report of the sickness of said brother 
to his own Parlor. 

If such sick brother shall present a traveling 
card which is in full force and effect, the Par- 
lor shall act thereon and pay him the benefits 
to which he may be entitled; but in case no 
such Traveling Card is presented, then the 
Parlor to which the sick brother belongs shall, 
upon the receipt of the aforesaid notice of his 
sickness, immediately send a communication, 
under the seal thereof, to the Parlor giving such 
notice, stating therein whether such sick 
brother is entitled to sick benefits, the amount 
thereof, and the date when the same will cease, 
and also stating the amount of funeral benefits 
allowed. Upon the receipt of such communica- 
tion, the Parlor having charge of such sick 
brother shall pay the benefits to which he may 
be entitled, and continue to take care of said 
brother and pay him his benefits so long as he 
shall remain sick, and within their jurisdiction, 
except as hereinafter provided. 

Sec. 7. In case of the death of a member of 
the Order, while out of the jurisdiction of his 
own Parlor, the Parlor within whose jurisdic- 
tion he may die shall immediately take charge 
of the body, if necessary, and, if such deceased 
brother is entitled thereto, shall take charge of 
the funeral (in the absence of relatives) under 
the same conditions, in the same manner, and 
subject to the same rules governing the case of 



SUBORDINATE PABLORS. 73 

the death of one of their own members, and 
the Parlor attending to said funeral shall have 
power to expend any amount necessary to de- 
fray the expenses thereof, not exceeding the 
amount allowed as funeral benefits by the Par- 
lor of the deceased brother, and the amount so 
paid shall be charged against said Parlor, and 
shall be repaid to the Parlor expending the 
same, as hereinafter provided. 

Sec. 8. All amounts paid by any Parlor as 
sick (or funeral) benefits to or for the member 
of any other Parlor, as herein provided, shall 
be repaid and refunded to the Parlor paying the 
same by the Parlor to which said brother be- 
longs, immediately upon receipt of a written 
demand, and if the same is not repaid aad re- 
funded within thirty days after receipt of such 
demand, then the Parlor having such claim or 
demand shall not be required to pay him any 
further benefits, nor shall it be obliged to take 
any further care of the sick brother. And said 
Parlor shall report such default to the Grand 
Secretary, who shall immediately send a writ- 
ten notice to such Parlor, notifying it that if 
said amount is not paid within thirty days after 
the date thereof, said defaulting Parlor will be 
dissolved and its charter forfeited; and if said 
amount is not paid within such time, then said 
Parlor shall stand dissolved, and its charter 
and all its property shall be forfeited to the 
Grand Parlor. And thereupon the Grand Treas- 
urer shall, out of any funds in his hands, pay 
to the Parlor entitled thereto the amount so 
advanced by it. 



74 CONSTITUTION OF 

ARTICLE IX. 

Charges. 

Section 1. Any member of the Order who 
shall violate his obligation, or any of the prin- 
ciples of the Order, or offend against its Consti- 
tution or By-Laws, shall be fined, reprimanded, 
suspended or expelled, as the laws direct or the 
Parlor may determine. 

Sec. 2. Charges must be made out in writing, 
specifying the offense, so as to fully apprise the 
member of the nature thereof, and signed by a 
member of the Order in good standing, and a 
copy of such charges, under seal of the Parlor 
to which he belongs, must be served upon the 
accused; said charges shall be read by the Re- 
cording Secretary on the same meeting night 
they are received; provided, that when the 
member preferring the charges and he against 
whom they are made are not members of the 
same Pa,rlor, the charges shall be sent to the 
Parlor tc which the accused brother belongs by 
the Secretary of the Parlor in which the ac- 
cusing brother holds membership. 

Sec. 3. The President shall then appoint a 
committee of five disinterested members, who 
shall, without unnecessary delay, summon the 
parties, hear and take down the testimony 
presented, hear the accused in his own defense, 
either in person or by attorney, and m^y, if 
they deem it necessary, appoint some person to 
prosecute on behalf of the Parlor. Said com- 
mittee shall report the testimony taken, with 
the facts elicited and their verdict thereon. 



SUBORDINATE PARLORS. 75 

If a witness be a member of the Order, he 
shall give his evidence on the honor of a Na- 
tive Son; if he be not a member, then on oath 
or affirmation, and the proceedings must state 
that such obligation or oath was administered. 
No testimony shall be taken without notice, 
or opportunity for cross-examination by the op- 
posing party. Upon the report being made, 
notice thereof shall forthwith be given by the 
Secretary to the party against whom the ver- 
dict is rendered, and he shall have two weeks 
in which to file his exceptions. If no excep- 
tions are filed within two weeks, the Parlor 
shall proceed to pronounce judgment upon the 
verdict and fix the penalty. An appeal from the 
judgment of the Parlor may be taken, at any 
time within two weeks thereafter, to the Grand 
President, whose decision shall be reviewed by 
the Grand Parlor at its next session; if no ap- 
peal is taken the judgment of the Parlor is 
final. 

When a bill of exceptions to the report of the 
committee is tiled as above provided, the Parlor 
may determine upon its merits, and either sus- 
tain the report of the committee, or refer the 
same back to the same or another committee, 
or grant a new trial. 

If the Parlor deems the exceptions not well 
taken, it shall proceed to pronounce its judg- 
ment and fix the penalty. 

A quorum shall consist of all the members of 
such committee, but a majority thereof may 
render a verdict. In case of the committee re- 
fusing or failing to act from any cause, the 



76 CONSTITUTION OF 

President shall appoint a new committee upon 
said charges. 

But in case of the refusal or neglect or in- 
ability of any one or more of the committee to 
act, a vacancy shall be declared to exist, which 
shall be filled by the President. 

Sec. 4. If a specific penalty for an offense be 
provided in the Constitution or By-Laws, the 
President shall enforce it. 

If none be so provided, the Parlor shall de- 
cide by paper ballot whether the penalty shail 
be expulsion, suspension, reprimand or fine, or 
both reprimand and fine. During the ballot, 
the accused brother shall withdraw from the 
Parlor. If upon the first ballot it shall appear 
that two-third of the ballots are cast for ex- 
pulsion, such shall be the penalty. If two- 
thirds of the ballots are not cast for expulsion, 
then the Parlor shall proceed to ballot for sus- 
pension; and if two-thirds of the ballots are 
cast for suspension, suspension shall be the 
penalty, and the Parlor shall proceed to fix the 
duration of such suspension, which shall not 
exceed two years. If neither expulsion nor sus- 
pension is determined as the penalty, as above 
provided, then the penalty shall either be repri- 
mand, fine, or both; if fine is determined upon, 
then the Parlor shall fix the amount, not ex- 
ceeding ten dollars; if reprimand is decided 
upon, then the accused shall be reprimanded in 
open Parlor. 

No ballot held under this Section shall be 
reconsidered. All fines imposed under this Sec- 
tion shall be charged to his account and con- 
sidered in determining his standing in the Par- 



SUBORDINATE PARLORS. 77 

lor as dues; and when the fine thus imposed, 
added to his dues, brings him under the pen- 
alty of Sections 2 and 3 of Article VII, he shall 
be notified, and allowed the usual time to make 
payment; and if he ceases to be a member he 
sh^ll, prior to his reinstatement, pay the whole 
amount of such fine and all dues. When a 
member shall be subject to the penalty of rep- 
rimand, he shall be summoned to attend at 
some regular meeting, to be fixed by the Presi- 
dent, to be reprimanded from the chair of the 
President, and until he so attend and be so 
reprimanded he shall stand suspended from all 
benefits and privileges of membership. 

Sec. 5. During suspension for an offense a 
member is not exempt from dues, and he shall 
be subject to all the penalties of Section 4, 
Article VII, for non-payment of the same. 

Sec. 6. If the accused refuses or neglects to 
stand trial when duly summoned, the commit- 
tee shall report him guilty of contempt of the 
Parlor, which report shall be conclusive, and 
the punishment shall be expulsion. 

Sec. 7. If a witness in the case, who is a 
member of the Order, refuses to appear before 
the committee and testify or answer the ques- 
tions propounded to him, he shall be repri- 
manded, suspended or expelled, as the Parlor 
may determine, unless such answer would 
criminate himself. 

Sec. 8. Any member intending to appeal 
from the action of the Parlor, where charges 
have been preferred, shall, within the time pro- 
vided in Section 3 hereof, file with the Secretary 



78 CONSTITUTTON OF 

a notice of his appeal and the grounds thereof; 
upon which the Secretary shall forthwith send 
a certified copy of all charges, reports, evi- 
dence and proceedings of the Parlor relating to 
the case to the Grand Secretary. 

Sec. 9. Notices of all suspensions or expul- 
sions shall be forthwith forwarded to the 
Grand Secretary. 

Sec. 10. A member suspended for any offense 
shall be reinstated on the removal of the cause, 
and payment of all demands against him, or 
the expiration of the term for which he was 
suspended, without action of the Parlor, and the 
President shall declare in open meeting his re- 
instatement. 

Sec. 11. An expelled member can be rein- 
stated only after an application, reference and 
election by ballot, as in the case of a new ap- 
plicant for membership, permission having been 
first obtained from the Parlor which expelled 
him. Any member expelled from the Order for 
the cause of dishonesty shall not again be eli- 
gible to become a member of the Order except 
his disqualification be first especially removed 
by the Grand Parlor in regular session. 

Sec. 12. No member of this Order shall use, 
in any way, the names by which the Order is 
known, or the emblems adopted by it, for busi- 
ness or political purposes, and no member of 
this Parlor shall become a member or ofl&cer of 
any association or corporation using the said 
names or emblems for business or political pur- 
poses. Any member violating any of the pro- 



subot^diNate parlors. 79 

visions ot this section shall be reprimanded, 
suspended or expelled, as his Parlor, after due 
trial, may determine. The provisions of this 
section shall not apply to N. S. G. W. Libraries 
or Reading Rooms, Hall, Cemetery or Mutual 
Aid Associations, or the official newspaper 
organ of the Order, so long as the same remains 
non-political. 

Sec. 13. No member of this Order shall, over 
any of the various names by which the Order is 
known, send any communication to newspapers 
for publication. Any member violating the 
provisions of this section shall, upon conviction 
thereof, be suspended, expelled or fined, as the 
Parlor may decide. 

Sec. 14. Neither a Parlor nor the members 
thereof shall use the name of the Parlor or 
Order, or any portion thereof, in giving a picnic 
or excursion on Sunday, except upon obtaining 
a special dispensation from the Grand Presi- 
dent. 

ARTICLE X. 

Resignations. 

A member may resign upon paying all de- 
mands against him. His resignation must be 
in writing, and laid over for one week, when, 
if not withdrawn, his resignation shall be 
granted, unless notice be given that charges 
will be preferred against him; then the Parlor 
shall determine what action shall be taken. 



80 CONSTITUTION OF 

ARTICLE XI. 
Cards. 

Section 1, Upon written request, signed by 
the applicant, and upon the payment of $1.00, 
a withdrawal card may, by a majority vote of 
the Parlor, be granted to any member who is 
clear on the books, and in case the Parlor to 
which he belongs is not in good standing, or 
has not held a meeting for the period of three 
months, or in case of refusal or neglect of said 
Parlor, for said period, to act upon said applica- 
tion, any member may, upon certificate of the 
Secretary or President of his Parlor, be enti- 
tled to a withdrawal card, and the same shall 
be granted by the District Deputy, said cer- 
tificate to state that the applicant is in good 
standing, and that the above-mentioned facts 
exist. 

A member holding a withdrawal card shall 
not be entitled to any of the rights, privileges 
or benefits attaching to active membership in a 
Parlor, nor shall he be subject to the au- 
thority of the Parlor until such card has been 
revoked or surrendered, as provided in Sections 
2 and 4 of this Article. 

Sec. 2. Withdrawal cards shall hold good 
one year from date, and may, by vote of the 
Parlor, be extended for an additional year, or 
may at any time be revoked. 

Sec. 3. No member of the Order can be a 
member of more than one Parlor at the same 
time. 

Sec. 4. The holder of a withdrawal card may 



SUBOKDINATE PARLORS. 81 

deposit it in any Parlor, and the same shall be 
considered in evidence of good character and 
standing in the Order. A ballot shall be taken 
on such application and three black balls shall 
be sufficient to reject; provided, that any Par- 
lor may demand that a Surgeon's certificate 
accompany the same. 

Sec. 5. A member holding a withdrawal card 
shall not be entitled to enter any Parlor until 
he has applied for membership by depositing 
the card, and has been duly elected. 

Sec. 6. Traveling Cards may be granted by a 
Parlor to a brother who intends leaving or has 
left the place where his Parlor is situated; 
provided, said brother pays one year's dues in 
advance, and all fines, charges and assessments 
against him. Said Traveling Card to contain 
the name of the brother, the name and number 
of his Parlor, the date when his benefits shall 
cease, and the amount of benefits he is entitled 
to in case of sickness or distress. 

ARTICLE XII. 

Delegates to the Grand Parlor. 

Section 1. During the month of March of 
each year, each Parlor shall nominate and elect, 
as Delegates to the Grand Parlor, one Delegate 
at Large, and one additional delegate for each 
one hundred members, or fraction of one hun- 
dred (above fifty). One week must elapse be- 
tween the opening of nominations and the elec- 
tion of delegates. All elections for Delegates 
must be by ballot, a majority of all the votes 



82 CONSTITUTION OF 

cast being necessary for a choice. Where two 
or more Delegates to the Grand Parlor are to be 
elected, no ballot shall be counted which does 
not contain the full number of names cor- 
responding to Delegates to be elected. 

Notice of the election of Delegates to the 
Grand Parlor shall be given by the Recording 
Secretary, by mail, to each member of the Par- 
lor, at least one week prior to said election. 

Sec. 2. The election for Delegates shall be in 
the same form as in Article V, Section 2. 

Sec. 3. Each Delegate shall be supplied by 
the Secretary of the Parlor with a certificate of 
his election, stating the number of members in 
the Parlor on the night of his election, and the 
date of his admission to the Parlor. 

ARTICLE XIII. 

Section 1. All Parlors shall enforce a strict 
adherence to the work of the Order, according 
to the form furnished by the Grand Parlor, and 
no Parlor shall either adopt or use any charges, 
degrees, ceremonies or regalias other than 
those prescribed by the Ritual and Laws of the 
Grand Parlor. Any Parlor violating this Arti- 
cle shall be subject to a fine of ten dollars. 

ARTICLE XIV. 

Appeals. 

Section 1. An appeal may be taken to the 
Parlor from all decisions of the President, 
which appeal must be taken at the meeting at 
which the subject appealed from is under con- 



SUBORDINATE PARLORS. S.S 

sideratiou, and before any other business un^ 
connected with said question shall have been 
taken up for action, and any member consider- 
ing that an Injustice has been done him by the 
decision of the Parlor on such appeal from the 
decision of the Pi-esident, may, within one 
month thereafter, appeal, in writing, to the 
Grand President, from whose decision an appeal 
may be taken to the Grand Parlor when in ses- 
sion. 

V»'"here charges have been preferred against a 
brother and a trial had thereon, as provided in 
Article IX of this Constitution, the proceed- 
ings on appeals must be conducted as provided 
in said Article IX. 

Sec. 2. When an appeal is taken under the 
preceding Section, the party taking such appeal 
shall conform to the following rules: 

A brother taking an appeal must give notice 
in open Parlor. 

Tv/enty days shall be allowed appellant to file 
said appeal. 

He must file copies of all evidence taken, 
together with briefs. 

The appeal shall be read and filed by the Re- 
cording Secretary, in open Parlor, after which 
he shall certify to such appeal, and attach the 
Seal of the Parlor thereto. 

The Parlor may appoint an attorney to repre- 
sent it in said appeal. The Parlor shall have 
twenty days in which to answer said appeal. 
The briefs shall be read and filed in open Parlor 
by the Recording Secretary, after which he 
shall certify to such briefs and attach the Seal 
of the Parlor thereto. 



84 CONSTITUTION OF 

The appellant shall have ten days in which 
to amend his brief and file new arguments, but 
he shall not introduce new evidence. 

The Secretary shall then forward such appeal 
to the Grand President. 

The Grand President shall decide appeals 
only when presented to him (on the part of the 
appellant) in the form laid down by these rules. 
The appellant shall be notified by the Grand 
President of any violation of the provisions of 
this Article, or of any irregularities in the tak- 
ing of this appeal, and shall be allowed ten days 
thereafter to make necessary corrections. 

ARTICLE XV. 

Employment Committee. 

Section 1. The President shall appoint a 
committee of three, to be known as the Em- 
ployment Committee, for the purpose of finding 
employment for unemployed members of the 
Order. 

Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of this Commit- 
tee iX) receive applications for situations from 
any member of the Order in good standing; to 
keep books showing the names and occupations 
of unemployed members, of situations vacant 
to their knowledge, or to them reported, and 
to use every reasonable means to secure them 
employment. 

Sec. 3. The Chairman of this Committee 
shall correspond and advise with the Chairman 
of the same Committee of other Parlors, 
through the Secretary thereof, for the purpose 
of procuring such desired situations. 



SUBORDINATE PARLORS. 85 

Sec. 4. This Committee shall be appointed 
by the President immediately after the installa- 
tion of officers, and shall serve for a term of six 
months. 

Sec. 5. In places where more than one Par- 
lor have concurrent jurisdiction they can notify 
each other in accordance with the following 
form: 

Parlor, No 

N. S. G. W. 

To the Officers and Members of 

Parlor, No , N. S. G. W. 

Brothers: At a regular meeting, held 

eve 190 . . , Brother 

, a member 

of this Parlor in good standing, was reported 
out of employment, and he is recommended to 
the members of the Order. Age Oc- 
cupation by whom 

last employed 

Street and number 

Cause of leaving such position 

Signature (of applicant) 

Residence 

Respectfully submitted in F. L. and C. 

Chairman Employment Committee. 

Parlor, No .... 

N. S. G. W. 



86 CONSTITUTION OF 

ARTICLE XVI. 
Funds. 

Section 1. All funds of Subordinate Parlors 
shall be held by the Treasurer, as provided for 
in Article VI, Section 5, and shall be devoted 
to such uses as the Parlor may determine, ex- 
cept as hereinafter provided. 

Sec. 2. The Subordinate Parlors may estab- 
lish a Social Fund, to be used as the Parlor may 
determine. 

Each Parlor may, by a two-thirds vote of the 
members present at a regular meeting, set aside 
and transfer to the Social Fund an amount not 
to exceed ten per cent, per annum of the dues 
received by such Parlor; provided, that a mo- 
tion to make such transfer must be proposed 
in writing by at least five members, and must 
lie over for one meeting before action can be 
taken thereon; and provided, further, that the 
said percentage can only be taken upon the 
gross amount of dues theretofore actually re- 
ceived during each year, such year to com- 
mence July 1st of the preceding year. 

All funds realized from entertainments, ex- 
cursions or socials may be set apart and placed 
in said Social Fund. 

Sec. 3. No funds of Subordinate Parlors 
shall be used for defraying expenses incident tp 
entertainments or excursions, or for social pur- 
poses, except as in this Article provided. 

Sec. 4. No loan of the funds of a Sub- 
ordinate Parlor shall^ under any circumstances, 
be made to a member of said Parlor. 



SUBORDINATE PARLORS 87 

ARTICLE XVII. 

By-Laws. 

Each Parlor may make, alter or rescind such 
By-Laws, Rules and Regulations, from time to 
time, as may be deemed most expedient; pro- 
vided, they do not in anywise contravene this 
Constitution. 

ARTICLE XVIII. 

Alterations or Amendments. 

Amendments or alterations may be made to 
this Constitution, at any regular annual session 
of the Grand Parlor, by a vote of two-thirds of 
tne delegates present; provided, that such al- 
terations or amendments shall be proposed one 
day before action thereon, except on the last 
day of the annual session, when, by consent of 
two-thirds of the Grand Parlor voting thereon, 
all amendments proposed by the Committee on 
Legislation and Committee on Laws and Super- 
vision may be taken up and considered on that 
day. 



88 



CONSTITUTION. 



We hereby certify that the foregoing is a true 
and correct copy of the Constitution for the 
government of Subordinate Parlors, as amended 
at a meeting of the Grand Parlor of the Native 
Sons of the Golden West, held at Santa Bar- 
bara, from April 22d to 25th, 1901. 

FRANK L. COOMBS, 

Grand President. 
HENRY LUNSTEDT, 
Grand Secretary. 



[Seal.] 



JNO. A. STEINBACH, 
M. A. DORN, 
FRANK D. RYAN, 
JACKSON HATCH, 
C. H. GAROUTTE, 
Com. on Constitution. 




ORDER OF BUSINESS 



1. Opening ceremonies. 

2. Roll call of officers. 

3. Reading minutes of last meeting. 

4. Applications for membership. 

5. Reports of Investigating Committee and 

Surgeon. 

G. Balloting for candidates. 

7. Initiation. 

8. Recess for congratulations, and for collec- 

tion of dues, fines and assessments. 

9. Announcements. 

10. Communications read. 

11. Bills presented. 

12. Report of sick or disabled members. 

13. Report of Visiting Committee. 

14. Ordering drafts for benefits. 

15. Report of Special Committees. 

16. Report of Standing Committees. 

17. Reports of Officers. 

18. Absentees at previous meeting. 

19. Applications for cards. 



90 ORDEK OF BUSINESS. 

20. Does any Brother know of employment for 

unemployed Brothers? 

21. Unfinished business. 

22. New business. 

23. Good of the Order. 

24. Deprlval of and restoration to sick benefits. 

25. Closing ceremonies. 



AMENDMENTS 



The Parlors are hereby notified of the amend- 
ments to the Constitution passed by the last 
Grand Parlor. 

GRAND CONSTITUTION. 

Article V, Section 1, page 13. Insert after the 
words "Grand Second Vice-President," in line 
4, the words "4th, Grand Third Vice-President." 
Strike out the words "6th, Grand Orator," in 
lines 5 and 6. 

Add to the section: 10th, Grand Trustee, 
First District; 11th, Grand Trustee, Second Dis- 
trict; 12th, Grand lYustee, Third District; 13th, 
Grand Trustee, Fourth District; 14th, Grand 
Trustee, Fifth District; 15th, Grand Trustee, 
Sixth District; 16th, Grand Trustee, Seventh 
District. Pi'ovided that Grand Trustee shall be 
elected by the delegates of the respective dis- 
tricts, and such election be ratified by the Grand 
Parlor. For the purpose of election of Grand 
Trustee by districts, the State shall be divided 
into seven Trustee Districts by the Grand 
Parlor. 



92 AMENDMENTS. 

The office of Grand Orator shall be ap- 
pointive, and the Grand Orator shall be ap- 
pointed by the Board of Grand Officers within 
one month after the adjournment of each 
Grand Parlor. (These amendments to be in 
force and effect after the fourth Monday in 
April, 1902.) 

Section 2. Insert after the word "gift" in 
line 3, the words: "And no member shall be 
eligible to the office of Grand Trustee from any 
District unless he be a resident thereof." 

LAWS. 

Page 56. Strike out in lines 17 and 18 the 
words: "If seconded by a majority." 

SUBORDINATE CONSTITUTION. 

Article V, Section 2, page 70. Strike out all 
of the section after the word "election," in line 
3, and insert the following: After ascertaining 
that the ballot-box is empty, the tellers shall 
close it and place it on the altar in the center 
of the room; the Financial Secretary shall 
furnish the Recording Secretary with a list of 
the names of members not entitled to vote, 
and the Recording Secretary shall call the roll, 
omitting the names of such members; each 
member shall respond as his name is called, 
and deposit his ballot; the teller shall announce 
his vote cast and the Recording Secretary shall 
record the same; upon the completion of the 



AMENDMENTS. 93 

roll-call, the President shall inquire if all 
members entitled, have voted, and, if none ap- 
pear to the contrary, he shall declare the ballot 
closed. The tellers shall count the ballots be- 
fore unfolding them, and, if the number cast 
agrees with the Secretary's record of votes 
polled, they shall then open and read aloud the 
name or names on each ballot, and the Record- 
ing Secretary shall keep a correct tally thereof; 
the President shall announce the result of such 
count (and recount, if one be demanded), after 
which the tellers, before taking their seats in 
the body of the Parlor, shall destroy all of 
said ballots, either by burning or tearing them 
into small fragments. 

The ballot-box shall consist of a tight box 
with a small opening in the cover, through 
which a folded ballot may be easily inserted; 
and the ballots shall, when possible, be of 
paper of a uniform size, thickness and color, so 
that one cannot be distinguished from another. 

All elections for officers must be by ballot, 
and a majority of all the votes cast shall be 
necessary for a choice, except in cases where 
there is no opposition, when the Parlor may 
instruct the Secretary to cast the ballot for 
such office. 

Any member who casts, or attempts to cast, 
more than one ballot at any one time, shall, 
upon conviction in accordance with the pro- 
visions of Article IX of this Constitution, be 
expehed from the Parlor. Whenever the num- 
ber of ballots cast exceeds the number of mem- 
bers who voted, a new ballot shall be taken. 



04 AMENDMENTS. 

Article VI, Section 3, page 73. In the next to 
the last line from the bottom of the page, after 
the word "their," insert the words "Deprival of 
sick benefits." 

Section 4. Strike out the word "President" 
in line 2 and insert the words "Recording 
Secretary." 

Article VII, Section 4, page 83. Insert after 
the word "Parlor," in line 2, the words "for 
nine months' dues or." 

Article XVI, Section 4, page 108, add a new 
section: "No loan of the funds of a Sub- 
ordinate Parlor shall, under any circumstances, 
be made to a member of said Parlor." 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 
Page 112. Transpose Orders Nos. 23 and 24. 



IN DKX 



Admission Day, Grand Orator to deliver 

oration 21 

Grand President officer of day 14 

Proclamation of Grand President 16 

Age of members of Subordinate Parlors. 33, 52 

Aid CO family of deceased member 70 

Alternates for delegates to Grand Parlor to 

be elected 10 

Amendments must be plainly written 30 

Adopted by the last Grand Parlor. . .91-94 

to Grand Constitution 40 

to Grand Constitution, committee on 

legislation to examine 28 

to Subordinate Constitution 87 

to Subordinate Constitution, commit- 
tee on laws and supervision to ex- 
amine 29 

to take effect 40 

Appeals 8, 16, 44, 77, 82-84 

Appeals and Grievances, committee on, 

duties of 27 

and grievances, committee on, ap- 
pointment and number 26 

Appeals, duties of Grand President respect- 
ing 15 

how put in Grand Parlor 44 

to Grand Parlor 77, 82-84 



96 INDEX. 

Application for Charter 33-36 

for membership 52-55 

in places where more than one Par- 
lor is located 53-55 

cannot be withdrawn after report of 

Committee 55 

must lie over two weeks 55 

Appointive Powers in Grand Parlor 13 

officers in Subordinate Parlors 57 

Articles of Incorporation 4-5 

Assessment to be charged as dues 67 

Assistant Secretaries. (See Financial Sec- 
retaries, Recording Secretaries.) 
Ballots for Delegates must contain full 

number to be voted for 82 

Balloting for Candidates 53, 55 

for candidates for reinstatement 69 

for delegates to Grand Parlor 81 

for Grand Officers 13 

for officers of Subordinate Parlors. ... 57 

Banquets, Liquors prohibited at 38 

Benefits. (See Funeral Expenses, Sick 

Benefits.) 
Black Book, Grand Secretary to keep. 

transmit to Parlors, etc 19 

Board of Grand Officers 25 

of Grand Trustees. (See Grand Trus- 
tees.) 
of Trustees of Subordinate Parlors. 
(See Trustees.) 

Bonds of Grand Officers, approval of 23 

of Grand Officers, failure to execute.. 23 
of Grand Officers, Grand Trustees to 

keep 23 

of Grand Secretary 19 

of Grand Treasurer 20 



INDEX. 97 

Of Treasurer of Subordinate Par- 
lor 22, 63 

of Treasurer of Subordinate Parlor, 

Trustees to sue on 64 

Board of Trustees to see to the re- 
newal of 64 

Business of Grand Parlor 10, 11 

By-L^aws, Grand Parlor may make or 

amend 39 

of Grand Parlor 43-46 

of Subordinate Parlors, committee on 

laws of subordinates to approve — 30 

Subordinate Parlors may make 87 

California, no Parlors outside of 8, 33 

Candidates, application for admission 52-55 

balloting for 33, 52-55 

for reinstatement, balloting for 69 

rescinding of election of 55 

Change of Meeting Place of Subordinate 

Parlors 15 

Charges. (See trials.) 

against Grand Officers 25 

quorum of committee on 75 

generally 74-76 

against member of another Parlor... 74 

how framed 74 

Charter, granting of 8, 33, 34 

fee for 35 

petition for 33 

submission of petition for, to other 

Subordinate Parlors 34 

surrender by Subordinate Parlor 35 

Circulars from Subordinate Parlors to be 

submitted to Grand President 39 

Committees, Grand President to appoint... 25 

Consolidation of Parlors 36 



98 INDEX. 

Constitutions, Amendments of 40, 87 

amendments, when take effect 40 

of Grand Parlor 7-41 

of Grand Parlor, Committee on 

Legislation to examine amendments 28 

of Subordinate Parlors 51-87 

Committee on Laws and Supervision 
to examine amendments of Sub- 
ordinate Parlors 29 

Corporation, Articles of Incorporation of 

Grand Parlor 4-5 

Subordinate Parlors, Board of Trus^ 

tees of is legal corporate body 65 

Credentials of Delegates 10, 82 

committee on, in Grand Parlor 27 

Death, aid to Deceased Member's Family... 70 

funeral expenses payable on 70 

funeral, conduct of. (See Funeral). 

Debate, in Grand Parlor, rules of 43 

when Cushing's Manual governs 46 

Degree Team 66 

Delegates to Grand Parlor, Alternates for . . 10 

credentials 10, 82 

election of 9, 81 

expulsion of 25 

mileage of 9 

Delegates to Grand Parlor. 

number of 9, 81 

proxies for, not allowed 10 

term of 9 

vacancy in delegation 10 

who eligible 9 

Deprival of Sick Benefits. (See Sick Bene- 
fits). 

Deputy Grand Presidents-at-large, appoint- 
ment of 14 



INDEX. 99 

duties of 21 

Digest of Decisions 19 

Directors 5 

Dispensations, District Deputy may give ... 22 

Member of Visiting Board may give. . 29 

fee for 23 

to ballot and initiate same evening.. 22 

to re-ballot for candidate 16 

Dissolution of Subordinate Parlor for 

failure to pay per capita tax 37 

of Subordinate Parlor for misconduct 

or failure to meet 37 

of Subordinate Parlor, surrender of 

charter 35 

rights of members on 37 

District Deput3'- Grand Presidents, appoint- 
ment of . , 14 

authority of 21-23 

District Deputy Grand Presidents, dispen- 
sations, power to grant 22 

duties of 21-23 

Grand Vice-Presidents have power of 17 

must visit Parlors once in two months 21 

term of 14 

traveling expenses allowed to 22 

may be paid out of Organizer's Fund. 22 

Dues, amount of 67 

assessments to be charged as 67 

deprived of sick benefits for non-pay- 
ment 67 

fines to be charged as 67 

reinstatement, dues to be paid on 69 

suspension for cause, member liable 

for dues during 77 

suspension for non-payment 67-69 



100 INDEX. 

suspension for non-payment, mem- 
bers not liable for dues during.... 70 
Duties of Committees. (See under names of 

each committee) 27-30 

of officers. (See under title of each 
officer). 
Elections 

for Delegates to Grand Parlor 9, 81 

for Officers of Grand Parlor 12 

for Officers of Subordinate Parlors.. 57 

Emblems of Order, expulsion for using 78 

of Order, how may be used 79 

Employment Committee Grand Parlor. ..... 

26, 29, 62 

Employment Committee in Subordinate 

Parlors 84 

employment notices to Parlors 85 

Entertainments, funds realized from, how 

may be used 86 

Expulsion. (See Charges, Trials). 

in Subordinate Parlor, Grand Secre- 
tary to be notified of 78 

of member of Grand Parlor 25 

in Subordinate Parlor, reinstatement 

after 78 

in Subordinate Parlor, causes for .... 74 
in Subordinate Parlor, for using name 

or emblems of Order 79 

Fees. (See Dues). 

charter 35 

initiation 67 

in Subordinate Parlors 67 

(See Expulsion, Suspension). 

Financial Secretaries, duties of 62 

agssistants 65 



INDKX. 101 

office of Recording Secretary may be 

consolidated with 57 

Finance Committee of Grand Parlor, ap- 
pointment 26 

duties 27 

revenue of Grand Parlor based on re- 
port of 31 

Fines charged as dues against member 67 

ritual, Parlors not conforming to are 

liable to fine 82 

seal, failure to file copy renders Par- 
lor liable to 38 

Floor Work, Ritual Committee to approve. . 28 
Forfeiture of office in Subordinate Parlor 

for absence or misconduct 66 

Funds of Subordinate Parlors, how may be 

used 86 

for social purposes 86 

revenue of Gi^nd Parlor based on re- 
port of Finance Committee 31 

Not to be loaned to a member 86 

Funeral Benefits to members not in good 

standing 70 

expenses to deceased members out of 

jurisdiction 72 

to members defunct Parlors 31 

expenses payable on death 70 

expenses. President to disburse 70 

Grand Constitution. (See Constitution). 

Grand First Vice-President, duties of 17 

his powers of District Deputy 18 

Visiting Board, is member of 23 

Grand Marshal, duties of 20 

Grand Officers. (See under title of each 

officer) 11 



102 INDEX. 

board of ". 25 

duties of 13-24 

election of 11-12 

removal of 24 

reports to Grand Parlor 13 

trial of 24 

vacancies, how filled 13 

vote at elections 9 

who are eligible for 12 

Grand Orator, duties of 21 

appointment of 12 

member of Visiting Board 23 

Grand Parlor, Alternates for Delegates.... 10 
Grand Parlor, amendments to Constitution 

of 40 

beard of Grand Officers of 25 

business, order of 10. 47 

by-laws of 43 

by-laws, power to enact and amend . . 39 

committees of 26-27 

committees to report to 13 

composed how 8 

constitution of. (See Constitution). 

constitution of 7-41 

meetings of 10-11 

officers of 11 

officers of, duties 13-24 

powers of, generally 8 

proxies not allowed in 10 

quorum, what is 11 

reports to, by Subordinate Parlors. ... 36 

revenue of 31 

rules of order 43 

rules of order, may enact and amend . 39 

speaking, in privilege of 9 

special sessions 11 



INDEX. 103 

Subordinate Parlors, creation and 

powers over / 33 

trial of members of 24 

trial of officers 24 

vacancies in delegation 10 

vacancy in office 13 

visiting board 23 

voting in, right of '9 

who may address 9 

Grand President. Admission Day, is Presi- 
dent of the day on 14 

Admission Day, proclamation respect- 
ing 16 

duties of 13-16 

Grand President, appeals to be de- 
cided by 16, 82 

Board of Grand Officers, is chairman 

of 25 

committees to be appointed by 30 

dispensation to re-ballot for candi- 
date 16 

visiting board, is not a member of . . . 17 

vote of 14 

Grand Secretary, black-book to be kept by. 19 
Board of Grand Officers, is Secretary 

of 25 

bond of 19 

duties of 18 

expulsion of delegate, Subordinate 

Parlor to be notified by 25 

expulsion of member of Parlor to be 

reported to 78 

Finance Committee to examine books 

of 27 

moneys to be remitted to Grand 

Treasurer 18 



104 INDEX. 

printing and supplies to be obtained 

from committee 19 

printing and supplies, committee on 

to furnish 28 

salary of '. 19 

proceedings, copies of to be dis- 
tributed by 18 

suspension to be reported to 61, 78 

Grand Second Vice-President, duties of.... 17 

member Visiting Board 23 

Grand Sentinels, duties of 21 

Grand Treasurer, accounts of 20 

bond of 20 

duties of 20 

Finance Committee to examine books 27 

Grand Secretary to remit moneys to. 18 

report of 20 

member of Visiting Board 23 

Grand Trustees, duties of 21 

meetings of 21 

supplies, price to be fixed by 48 

Visiting Board, members of 23 

Districts, election of by 12 

History, Literature Committee to preserve. 29 

Incorporation 4 

Initiation, Dispenstion for 22 

failure to appear for voids election of 

candidate 55 

fee 67 

Inside Sentinels. (See Sentinels). 

of Grand Parlor, duties 21 

of Subordinate Parlors, duties of 65 

of Subordinate Parlors, Marshal ap- 
points 64 

Installation, District Deputy to conduct in 

Subord inate Parlors 21 



INDEX. 105 

fee foi- charter, on installation of new 

Parlor 35 

new Parlors, installation of officers of 34 

of officers of Grand Parlor 13 

of officers of Subordinate Parlors 59 

officers of Parlors must be perfect in 

work prior to 66 

Institution of new Parlor 33 

Investigating Committee, appointment and 

duties 53 

Jurisdiction of Grand Parlor 8 

Laws. (See By-Law^&). 

Laws and Supervision, committee on. ap- 
pointment of 26 

committee on, duties of 29 

I^ws of Subordinates, committees on, 

duties of 30 

Legislation, committee on, appointment of. 26 

committee on, duties of 28 

Liquors, prohibited at Banquets, etc 38 

Literature, committee on, appointment 26 

committee on, duties of 29 

Loan of Funds, not to be made to member 

of Parlor 86 

Marshal of Grand Parlor. (See Grand Mar- 
shal). 

of Subordinate Parlors, duties of 64 

Meetings of Grand Parlor 10 

of Grand Parlor, special 11 

of Grand Parlor, amemlmeDl fixing 

permanent seat of 40 

of Grand Trastees 21 

of Subordinate Parlors 55 

of Subordinate Parlors, dissolution of 

Parlor for failure to hold 37 

of Subordinate Parlors, special 55 



106 INDEX. 

place of Subordinate Parlors changed 15 

Members, age of applicant 33, 52 

application to become 53 

election of 52-5& 

who may become 52 

Mileage, Delegates to Grand Parlor allowed 9 

Moneys, Parlor may use how 86 

Name of Order 7 

how may be used 79 

wrongful use, expulsion for 78 

Ninth of September. (See Admission Day). 

Notice of Application in places where there 

are more than one Parlor located. .53-54 

Objects 4, 7, 52 

Officers. (See Grand Officers, Grand Parlor 
and see also the titles of the respec- 
tive officers). 

Officers, forfeiture of office for absence or 

misconduct 66 

of Grand Parlor 11 

of Grand Parlor, installation of 13 

of Subordinate Parlors 56 

to repeat their duties once a month . . 66 

term of in new Parlor 35 

Order of Business of Grand Parlor 47-49 

Subordinate Parlors 89-90 

Outside Sentinel. (See Sentinels). 

duties of 66 

Parlor. (See Grand Parlor, Subordinate 
Parlor). 

Password, District Deputy to communicate. 22 
Parlor failing to pay per capita tax 

not entitled to 31 

members in arrears not entitled to. . 67 
per capita tax and returns to be for- 



INDEX. 107 

warded before Parlor is entitled 

to 22, 38 

Outside Sentinel to take 66 

Past Grand President, duties of 20 

members of Grand Parlor 8 

rights of in Grand Parlor 9 

Past President, President becomes and must 

serve as 56 

of Subordinate Parlor, duties of 65 

Per Capita Tax 31 

dissolution of Parlor for failure to 

pay 37 

for Organizer's Fund 15 

for Relief Fund 31 

Parlors failing to pay not entitled to 

password 38 

Subordinate Parlors to forward, when 38 

Petitions, committee on, duties of 26, 28 

Picnics, on Sunday 79 

Political discussions prohibited 3, 7 

Preamble to Constitution of Subordinate 

Parlors 51 

Prefatory 3 

President. (See Grand President). 

of Subordinate Parlors, duties of 59 

who eligible for, in Subordinate Par- 
lor 57 

Printing and Supplies, committee on 26 

duties of 28 

Grand Secretary to obtain from com- 
mittee 19, 29 

to print proceedings, when 18 

Proceedings of Grand Parlor, copies to be 

distributed 18 

Proxies, not allowed in Grand Parlor 10 

Quorum of Grand I^arlor 11 



108 INDEX. 

Of Subordinate Parlor 55 

Recording Secretaries of Subordinate Par- 
lors, duties of 60 

Regalias, Persons not members of the Order 

shall not wear 39 

Reinstatement after Suspension 69, 78 

balloting for candidate for. 69 

Reinstatement of Expelled Member 78 

Surgeon's certificate required on ap- 
plication for 69 

Rejection of Applicant, Secretary to notify 

Grand Secretary 55, 61 

of candidate upon petition for new 

Parlor, effect of 33 

dispensation to re-ballot for after 16 

Relief Committee 71 

Religious discussion prohibited 3, 7 

Reports of Subordinate Parlors 36, 61 

Reports of Grand Officers and Committees. . 13 

Relief Fund 31 

Resignations 80 

Returns, committee, appointment of and 

number 26 

committee, duties of 27 

to Subordinate Parlors, when to for- 
ward 36, 38, 62 

Revenue 31 

Ritual, committee, appointment of and 

number 26 

committee, duties of 28 

officers must be perfect in before in- 
stallation 66 

Parlors to strictly enforce 82 

Ritual Instructions, committee on, duties of 31 

Rules of Order of Grand Parlor 43 

suspension of 39 



INDEX. 109 

Salary of Grand Secretary 19 

Seal, Fine for failure to file Copy 38 

Parlors to secure and file copy with 

Grand Secretary 38 

Secretaries of Subordinate Parlors, duties 

of 61 

of Subordinate Parlors, officers may 

be consolidated 57 

Secretaries, Recording, assistant, duties of. 65 

Financial, assistant, duties of 65 

Semi-Annual Password, to District Deputy. 14 

Semi-Annual Reports 36, 61 

Parlors denied representation for 

failure to make 37 

Sentinels, duties of 21, 65 

Sick benefits, amount of 70 

deprival for non-payment of dues 67 

drawn on vote of Parlor 71 

holder of traveling card entitled to. 72, 81 

when allowed 70 

for members defunct Parlors 32 

Notice of deprival of 61 

Social Fund, Parlor may establish 86 

Social Purposes, Funds what to be used for. 86 

Special Sessions of Grand Parlor 11 

meeting of Subordinate Parlor 55 

what business may be transacted 

at 11, 55 

Special Relief Fund 31 

State of the Order, committee on 26 

duties and report of 28 

Subordinate Constitution, amendments of . . 87 

Subordinate Parlors, age of members 33, 52 

application for membership 52 

appointive officers of 57 

petition for 33 



110 INDEX. 

Constitution of 51-87 

dissolution of for failure to hold 

meetings, etc 37 

dissolution of for failure to pay per 

capita tax 31, 37 

election of officers of 57 

forms and ceremonies described by 

the Grand Parlor only may be used 38 
forfeiture of properties of to Grand 

Parlor 35 

how organized 33 

installation of officers of new Parlor. 35 

institution of 33 

jurisdiction of Grand Parlor over 8 

meetings of 55 

membership of 52 

members of suspended or dissolved, 

rights of 37 

name of 34, 52 

nominations of officers of 57 

objects of 52 

officers of 56 

recommendation necessary for grant- 
ing charters to 34 

returns to be forwarded, when 36, 38 

reports of 36, 61 

reports to Grand Parlor 10, 38 

per capita tax to be forwarded, when 38 

petition for ,. 33 

president of, who may be 57 

secretaries may appoint assistants ... 57 

secretaries may be consolidated 57 

special meetings of 55 

supplies for must be purchased of 

Grand Parlor 38 



INDEX. 1 1 1 

surrender of Charter 35 

surrender of Charter, new Parlor to 

receive property when 35 

suspension of 35, 38 

suspension for failure to report or to 

pay tax 37 

trial of 35 

vacancies ih office of 59 

Sunday picnics 79 

Supplies, furnished by Grand Parlor 8 

new Parlor to pay for 35 

Surgeon of Subordinate Parlors, duties of . . 64 
Parlor may designate any physician 
in case of absence of regular sur- 
geon 56 

Parlors may elect more than one sur- 
geon 56 

Surgeon's Certificate may be required from 
member of suspended or dissolved 

Parlor 37 

must accompany applications for 

membership 53 

necessary in new Parlor 34 

required on reinstatement 69 

Surrender of Charter by Subordinate Par- 
lor 35 

new Parlor to receive property upon. 35 
Suspension. (See Reinstatement). 

causes for 74 

dues do not run during suspension for 

non-payment of dues 70 

Grand Secretary must be notified of .61, 78 

fines, member not liable to during 70 

for non-payment of dues 6T 

for using name or emblems 78 



112 INDEX. 

for offense, dues run during 77 

for failure to report or to pay per 

capita tax 38 

reinstatement after 65, 78 

Suspended Parlors, rights of members of . . . 37 

Traveling Cards 80 

benefits, right to, upon 72, 99 

Traveling Expenses, allowance to District 

Deputy 22 

\ isiting Board, allowance to members 

of 24 

Transportation Committee 26 

duties of 29 

Treasurer of Subordinate Parlors, duties of. 63 
Treasurer's Bonds must be exhibited to the 

D. D. G. P. before installation 22 

Trial Committee, how appointed 74 

refusal to stand 77 

in Subordinate Parlors how con- 
ducted 74-76 

officer not to officiate during 25 

of member of Grand Parlor 24 

of officers of Grand Parlor, how con- 
ducted 25 

of Subordinate Parlor 74 

punishment 76 

sentence 76 

verdict 75 

witness refusing to attend or to tes- 
tify 77 

Trustees of Subordinate Parlors, duties of. 64 
when to be elected and for how long. 56 
Unemployed Members, notice of to the Par- 
lors 85 

Vacancies in office of Grand Parlor, how 

filled 13 



INDEX. 113 

Vacancv in Delegation to Grand Parlor, 

how filled 10 

in Subordinate Parlors 59 

Vice-President of Subordinate « Parlors, 

duties of 60 

Visiting Board, how constituted 23 

traveling expenses of 24 

must visit the Subordinate Parlor or 

forfeit the office 24 

must visit the Parlors in the district 
in which he resides, besides his 

visiting district 24 

Witness who refuses to attend trial or tes- 
tify 78 

Withdrawal Cards 80 

Surgeon's certificate may be de- 
manded of holder of 81 

rights of members on 80 

holders cannot enter any Parlor until 

elected a member thereof 81 

may be revoked 80 



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